American Airedale No. 1, 2012 January –March Official Newsletter of the Airedale Terrier Cub of America, Inc. www.airedale.org (L-R Bill & Airee, Dee, Kaleigh & Payton, and Judy & Cedric) Eukanuba Invitational 2011 By Dee Corboy-Lulik The A-Team (“A” as in Airedales, that is), took Orlando by storm at the AKC Eukanuba Agility Invitational! The event was held indoors on sod at the Orange County Convention Center in down- town Orlando. The top 5 Airedales in AKC agility competition during the qualifying period of July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011 were invited to participate in this prestigious event. The following 4 Master Agility Champion Airedales represented our breed, and all did so with terrific success: #1 ranked Payton, MACH Connema- ra's Competitive Edge MH MXF RE TQX CD (B) and #2 ranked Kaleigh, CH MACH8 Connemara's Tuff Act To Follow FTC1 MH VER CDX TQX JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC (B), owned by D. Corboy-Lulik; #5 ranked Airee, MACH Connema- ra's Nothin But Aire (D), owned by W. Fridrych; and #6 ranked Cedric, CH MACH Caleb Acres Call Me Cedric UD RE MXF (D). The facility was huge. Seating was plentiful. The footing did present some challenges at times and the courses provided teams with plenty of challenges. Our dogs competed in the 24” & the bitches in the 20” jump height divisions. Each day a Standard & a Jumpers With Weaves course was run. A perfect score is 100. Each and every one of our Airedales earned perfect scores during the 4 rounds of competition! After the completion of the four rounds, over two days, the top dogs in each height moved to the finals. Only 11 dogs were in the 20” finals & for the first time in the his- tory of the event, an Airedale (Payton) earned perfect scores in all 4 rounds and made it into the finals! Payton was the 5 th seed. It was great fun! Payton did everything she was supposed to do and ended up in 9 th place! This year’s Highest Scoring Airedale Terri- er Medallion was awarded to Payton for her 490 score & she fin- ished the Invitational as the 4 th highest scoring obedience titled dog & the 2 nd highest scoring dog with a Rally Obedience title in the entire event. A memorable weekend for sure. Thank you to all who supported our breed & cheered our Airedales on. Photos & videos of these agile Airedales competing at the Invitational can be found on the ATCA Agility Committee Facebook page. Check ‘em out and “Like” the page!
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American Airedale
No. 1, 2012 January –March
Official Newsletter of the
Airedale Terrier Cub of America, Inc.
www.airedale.org
(L-R Bill & Airee, Dee, Kaleigh & Payton, and Judy & Cedric)
Eukanuba Invitational 2011 By Dee Corboy-Lulik
The A-Team (“A” as in Airedales, that is), took Orlando by storm
at the AKC Eukanuba Agility Invitational! The event was held
indoors on sod at the Orange County Convention Center in down-
town Orlando. The top 5 Airedales in AKC agility competition
during the qualifying period of July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011 were
invited to participate in this prestigious event. The following 4
Master Agility Champion Airedales represented our breed, and all
did so with terrific success: #1 ranked Payton, MACH Connema-
ra's Competitive Edge MH MXF RE TQX CD (B) and #2 ranked
Kaleigh, CH MACH8 Connemara's Tuff Act To Follow FTC1
MH VER CDX TQX JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC (B),
owned by D. Corboy-Lulik; #5 ranked Airee, MACH Connema-
ra's Nothin But Aire (D), owned by W. Fridrych; and #6 ranked
Cedric, CH MACH Caleb Acres Call Me Cedric UD RE MXF
(D).
The facility was huge. Seating was plentiful. The footing did
present some challenges at times and the courses provided teams
with plenty of challenges. Our dogs competed in the 24” & the
bitches in the 20” jump height divisions. Each day a Standard & a
Jumpers With Weaves course was run. A perfect score is 100.
Each and every one of our Airedales earned perfect scores during
the 4 rounds of competition! After the completion of the four
rounds, over two days, the top dogs in each height moved to the
finals.
Only 11 dogs were in the 20” finals & for the first time in the his-
tory of the event, an Airedale (Payton) earned perfect scores in all
4 rounds and made it into the finals! Payton was the 5th seed. It
was great fun! Payton did everything she was supposed to do and
ended up in 9th place! This year’s Highest Scoring Airedale Terri-
er Medallion was awarded to Payton for her 490 score & she fin-
ished the Invitational as the 4th highest scoring obedience titled
dog & the 2nd highest scoring dog with a Rally Obedience title in
the entire event. A memorable weekend for sure. Thank you to all
who supported our breed & cheered our Airedales on. Photos &
videos of these agile Airedales competing at the Invitational can be
found on the ATCA Agility Committee Facebook page.
Check ‘em out and “Like” the page!
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ATCA OFFICERS
President: Linda Baake-Jarvis
Vice Presidents: April Clyde, Scott Boeving,
Phil Weinberger
Secretary: Sue Oury
Asst. Secretary: Shirley Vanover
Treasurer: Pamela Macomber
Asst. Treasurer: Virginia Smith
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor-in-Chief: Patricia Gregg
Features Editor: Laura Post, Susan Anderson
Regular Columns Editor: Diane Schlicht
Regional Reports Editor: Alana Duttlinger
Specialty Reviews Editor: Anna Brinker
Asst. Special ty Reviews Editor: Jane Noerenberg
Advertising Manager: Leslie Apple
Meet our members: Joanne Austin
Lisa Berglin
Shirley Vanover
REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS
New England: Open
New York Area: Anne Curtis
East Coast: Karl Broom
Lower Northeast: Diane Hancock
Southeast: Elizabeth Joseph
Ohio & Vicinity: Ellen Gordon
Midwest: Bob Berkowitz
Northern Lights and West: Scott Lichty
Texas and South Central : Carol Scott
Rocky Mountains: Mary Turner
Pacific Northwest: Open
No. California: Open
So. California: Ralph Prey
Western Canada: Helen Arnold
Eastern Canada: Carole Kane
Europe: Open
Pacific Rim: Dianne Barclay
REGULAR COLUMN CONTRIBUTORS
Agility: Dee Corboy-Lulik
AKC Delegate’s Report: Aletta Moore
ATCA History: Lisa Berglin
Breed Health Concerns: Karen Copley
Breeders’ Education: Susan Rodgers
Hunting & Field: Kenneth Cook
Legislative News: Barbara McNeil
Membership: Richard Schlicht
New Titleholders: Jean Surfus
Obedience: Mary Law
OFA Reports: Phyllis Wayne
Public Information: Caron Jones
Rescue & Adoption: Rebecca Preston
Website: Jacqueline Noel
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Greeting and Happy New Year everyone! Hopefully our mild winter will continue and we will be enjoying some great spring weather in no time. Todd and April Clyde andI went to the AKC Meet the Breeds event in New York and had a great time. What a great venue to educate the public about our wonderful breed. Congratulations to the AKC Eukanuba winners in Airedales which include: BOB: GCH CH Brisline's Goforit Energizer Bunny owned by G. McRae, C. Reynolds, HJ Piperis and B. Fakkema. BOS: GCH CH Darbywood's Unstop-pable owned by J. Surfus. BBE and AOM: CH Huntwood Spyglass of Stone Ridge Tobylinn owned by J. Linn and S. Kipp. In the obedience ring the only Airedale Terrier to compete was Lynaire Sam I Am, UDX owned by Joan Florentine. This team did well placing third in the Terrier Group. Also invited was CH OTCH Brisline Plum Perfect Unforgetta-ble, UDX7, OM8 RA owned by Suzanne Tharpe and Georgia McRae and Ch. Plum Perfect’s All That Jazz, UDX, OM1,RN, AXP, OJP owned by Christine Hyde. In Agility four Master Agility Champions represented our breed: #1 ranked Payton, MACH Connemara's Competitive Edge MH MXF RE TQX CD (B) and #2 ranked Kaleigh, CH MACH8 Connemara's Tuff Act To Follow FTC1 MH VER CDX TQX JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC (B), owned by D. Corboy-Lulik; #5 ranked Airee, MACH Connemara's Nothin But Aire (D), owned by W. Fridrych; and #6 ranked Cedric, CH MACH Caleb Acres Call Me Cedric UD RE MXF (D). . Each and every one of the Airedales earned perfect scores during the 4 rounds of competition. This year’s Highest Scoring Airedale Terrier Medallion was awarded to Pay-ton. She finished the Invitational as the 4th highest scoring obedience titled dog & the 2nd highest scoring dog with a Rally Obedience title in the entire event. Be sure to read the Agility and Oedience reports in this newsletter. 2012 Westminster Kennel Club will hold its event on February 13 and 14 Airedales will be judged by Virginia Latham Smith and the Terrier Group judge is William Potter. The ATCA is planning again to hold the Randall Cooley Memorial Hunt Test in May. The dates for the event will be Friday May 18th - Sunday May 20th. The health committee has the health survey posted on the website. If you haven’t already done so, please take a few moments to enter your dogs in the survey. We plan shortly to send a ballot to all the members for bylaw changes.. We need every member to vote, as we must have 60% of the members partici-pating. The changes are housekeeping items that will allow us to conduct our business via the internet, a tremendous time and money savings for our club! Don’t forget to make your reservations for this year’s Montgomery. The ho-tel is taking reservations now. There are more details about rates and loca-tions on the Happenings page on our website. Until next time, enjoy your Airedales and stay warm!
Linda Baake Jarvis
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Rank Name Sex Points Dbl Qs Score
1 MACH Connemara's Competitive Edge CD
B 1,335 17 1,505
2
CH MACH8 Conne-mara's Tuff Act To Follow CDX VER RE
MH NJP FTC1 TQX
B 738 35 1,088
3 MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE
MXF TQX B 797 29 1,087
4 MACH Connemara's D 771 16 931
5 CH MACH Stirling Blackstone Esprit Du
Coeur RE NF B 669 18 849
6 CH MACH Caleb Acres Call Me Cedric
D 454 25 704
7
Connemara's Cleanin' Up With Reckless Abandon RN SH MX
MXJ MXF
B 377 8 457
8 Icepond Ludvig's Rune Stone MX MXJ
OF D 298 5 348
9 Eclipse Effervescence CD BN RA MX AXJ
XF B 308 0 308
10 CH Liebe's Ray Gun
Onyx AX AXJ B 32 1 42
As we reflect upon 2011, congratulations are in order for the following Airedales
who finished the agility competition year as follows:
This prestigious invitation-only show made its debut in first in Orlan-do, Florida and then in Tampa, Florida. After five years in California,
the show returned to make a record-breaking combined entry of 4,976 for all events, making it the largest dog show in the country for 2011! Although the Airedale entries were low it was great to see the “cream of the crop” once again in the ring. Congratulations go to the BOB winner, Brisline’s Goforit Energizer Bunny, owned by Georgia McRae, Carol Reynolds, Helen Piperis & Barbara Fakkema.
In the Agility competition, there were five Airedales invited with four competing. (See Dee Corboy-Lulik’s article for more information on the results.) Three Airedales qualified to compete in the Eukanuba obedience com-petition. Lynaire Sam I Am, UDX, OM1, owned by Joan Florentine was the only Airedale that competed. Joan and Sam I Am placed third in the Terrier Group!
The Airedale Terrier Club of Florida hosted the booth that represented the breed and had a variety of well-behaved Airedales from confor-mation, agility, obedience, and a certified therapy Airedale to meet and greet the large crowds that attended each day. Pat Yacso’s Skeeter was serenaded by a young man playing the bagpipes from the Golden Re-triever booth!
A lovely Christmas tree was decorated with ornaments that were all handmade Airedales, making the tree one of a kind! All the poster boards were made and donated by Ross & Amy Marvin who own Buster the certified therapy Airedale. The picture board had action shots of Airedales and their accomplishments, showing how versatile our Airedales are. There were parties and fun for all, and everyone went home tired, but happy. The dates for the next Eukanuba competi-tion is December 15th and 16th, 2012. The Florida club will once again
host the “Meet the Breed” booth.
Back row: Sandy Shaffer, ATCA President Linda Jarvis, Gary Shaffer, James Jarvis
Front row: Myrna Whatmough, Pat Yasco, Elizabeth Joseph
Pat Yacso’s Skeeter was serenaded by a young man playing the bagpipes from the
Golden Retriever Booth!
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Above: Rhonda & Tony Anderson and "Moonchin" Below left to right: Sandy Shaffer’s agility Airedales, Daisy & Arnie, certified therapy dog Buster in his jacket owned by Ross Marvin
sitting with the laptop, Sandy Shaffer and Carol Black
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All booth pictures courtesy of Elizabeth Joseph
2011 AKC National Obedience
Invitational By Mary Law
The 2011 AKC National Obedience Invitational
(NOI) was held in Orlando, Florida on December
10th and 11th. The format was changed this year.
AKC did away with the head to head competition
on Sunday. Instead, all dogs entered compete on
Saturday and Sunday. The dog with the highest
total score for the two days of competition is crowned the National Obedience Champion and
wins the NOC title.
The dogs compete in eight rings of two or three
exercises each day. The exercises are a mix of
Open and Utility exercises. Total possible points
would be 1,480. Over the course of two days each
dog ends up showing the equivalent of four Open
runs and four Utility runs. This literally becomes
a two day marathon for both dog and handler
One set of the Open class stays is done each day. All competition stops and every dog competing
goes into the ring in catalog order. The dogs are
arranged side by side with a four foot space al-
lowed for each dog. Leashes are removed and
placed behind the dogs. The handlers all leave
their dogs and go to a designated area where the
dogs cannot see them. A three minute sit stay
then a five minute down stay is performed with
the handlers out of sight. Quite a sight to see!
Basically, AKC invites the top three dogs of each
breed based on OTCH points earned from July 1,
2010 to June 30, 2011. Three Airedales were in-
vited to compete at the 2011 NOI. They were Ch.
OTCH Brisline Plumperfect Unforgettable,
UDX7 OM8, RA owned by Suzanne Tharpe and
Georgia McRae, Ch. Plum Perfect’s All That
Jazz, UDX, OM1, RN, AXP, OJP owned by
Christine Hyde and Lynaire Sam I Am, UDX,
OM1 owned by Joan Florentine. It is an honor to
be invited and competing is an experience you
never forget.
Joan and Sam were the only Airedale team to
compete at the NOI this year. They represented
our Airedales well by placing third in the Terrier
Group. Congratulations to Joan, Sam for doing so
well at the NOI. Joan said she had a great time,
was tired but enjoyed the experience and hopes to
be invited back next year. Congratulations to all
invitees!
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In 1999, I wrote a short article for the American Airedale on the
Puppy Headstart Program I was in the process of developing. I had begun putting the program together because of my growing
awareness that in spite of all that we expect of our dogs, we give
them precious little preparation for the lives they will lead with
us.
The relationship we have with dogs is a unique one. We have
invited them into our homes to live with us, but our everyday
expectations of them go far beyond mere companionship. We
ask them to do search and rescue work, act as guide dogs for the
blind and service dogs for the disabled. They do police work,
bomb, termite and cancer detection, hunt our food, entertain us
in circuses and movies, and compete with us in the sports of frisbee, agility, obedience, and lure coursing. And yet often they
find themselves in situations for which they are ill equipped,
can’t adapt to, and, unlike humans, can’t alter.
In the wild, all animals go through a natural process of introduc-
tion to the environment in which they will spend their lives. But
domesticated canines are not born into the world in which they
will live. There is no gradual introduction to the sights and
sounds that will eventually proscribe their everyday adult lives.
Even if the area in which they are raised is a busy kitchen with
lots of noise and activity, puppies go into such a variety of homes with different life styles and are expected to do so many
different jobs, that it is impossible to give them the exposure
that would duplicate each of their future lives in a way that the
highly successful wild model does.
Unfortunately, this lack of exposure can cause behavior prob-
lems in many dogs. During my 50 years as a dog trainer, I’ve
seen responses in dogs that range from mild anxiety to a patho-logical fear of anything new in their environment, depending on
how much or how little has been done with them as puppies.
There have been a few cases where I either knew or suspected
that genetics played a role, but the vast majority of behavior
issues are simply the failure to adequately prepare the puppy for
what he will face as an adult.
What I set out to design was an environmental enrichment pro-
gram that could substitute successfully for what canines would
experience in the wild in terms of exploring the world around
them. While we can’t bring the actual world they will live in to
our puppies, we can systematically introduce a variety of stimuli in such a way that puppies learn those “skill sets” that will allow
them to meet each new situation in life with confidence.
The Puppy Headstart Program began with my simply introduc-
ing puppies to as many new things as possible during their first
8 weeks. As I did more research, however, it became clear that
those first 8 weeks were divided into distinct periods of develop-
ment, each with specific requirements. These critical periods
were discovered by Drs. John Paul Scott and John Fuller and
were described in their seminal work Dog Behavior: The Genet-
ic Basis. As I put multiple litters through the Headstart Program, I began adapting it to the needs of 3 of the major developmental
periods.
Puppy Headstart Corally Burmaster
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Birth-21 Days There is a reason why puppies are born with their eyes and ears
closed and limited mobility. Nature shields puppies from any
harmful effects of their environment during the first 3 weeks by
secluding them in a deep den. Breeders need to emulate that wild
model as much as possible.
A puppy’s capacity for organization of behavior (learning) is
virtually nonexistent during this time. Except for the trigeminal
nerve, his nerve fibers lack the outer layer of fat-like material, called myelin, associated with speedy transmission of stimuli.
The trigeminal nerve has myelination at birth because it goes to
the mouth and controls taste, the working of the jaw muscles
which control the sucking motion and the non-acoustic part of the
auditory nerve which controls balance, all necessary for survival.
Unfortunately, as I wrote in The Puppy Headstart Program,
“There is a school of thought that believes it is necessary to pro-
vide stress during the neonatal period for puppies to achieve opti-
mal development. Proponents of this course of action, however,
often use the terms “stress” and “stimulation” interchangeably
when, in fact, the results of each can be drastically different. In
medical terms, stress is defined as the disruption of homeostasis
through physical or psychological stimuli. In psychological
terms, stress is defined as “any force that when applied to a sys-
tem causes some significant modification of its form, usually
with the connotation that the modification is a deformation or a
distortion.”
Stimulation, on the other hand, is defined as any event that arous-
es an organism, or more specifically, a particular event that, when
applied to a sensory receptor or receptor cell, causes it to become
active. Think ‘brain developing more neural pathways!’
In short, stimulation need not be stressful, but stress is always
stress. This is an important distinction. While researchers agree
that stress may have value, experiments have not yet identified
the optimal amount of stress needed to make young animals psy-chologically or physiologically superior. Experiments have
shown that what may be acceptable stress in one individual may
be excessive for another and can actually retard development.
And there have been absolutely no published studies on any re-
search proving the efficacy of a early neurological stimulation
program.
The breeder’s job during these 3 weeks is to keep the mom clean,
keep the puppies clean if mom doesn’t, and to keep the whelping
box clean. Good husbandry for the litter provides adequate han-
dling during this period. They’ll be removed from the whelping
box several times a day while it is being cleaned so they will be
held in different orientations and will be placed on different sur-
faces each day. Toenails will need to be cut every few days,
which is usually done with the puppy on its back or side. They
will also be weighed every day, which is additional handling.
And what breeder doesn’t sit in the middle of the whelping box
and hold the little ones, stroking them gently?
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21-28 Days
This seven day period is one of immense change and rapid de-
velopment in the puppy. There is such a dramatic transfor-mation in behavior during this week that Drs. Scott and Fuller
described it as being almost as spectacular as the metamorphosis
of the tadpole into a frog. It is during this week that what you
don’t do is more important that what you do.
The physical changes in the puppies are profound. All neonatal
behavior disappears and he is now walking rather than crawling,
able to go to the bathroom on his own and to interact in a delib-
erate way with his littermates. But the sensory changes are even
more dramatic. The development of the brain and myelination
will be complete by 28 days. His eyes and ears are open and the
changes in his brain waves signal that the puppy is now able to learn from his experiences and retain what he has learned.
What he stills lacks, however, is experience. While he is capable
of receiving sensory input, the mechanism for processing it
is still not entirely functional and puppies are vulnerable to
traumatic events during this time that will affect them for the
rest of their lives. His world seems filled with scary noises and movements, and he isn’t able to sort out the dangerous from the
benign.
The breeder’s job is to protect the puppies during this most criti-
cal of all periods. Normal household sounds are acceptable, but
avoid loud or sudden noises at this point. No screaming chil-
dren, no dramatic changes in the environment, no taking of pup-
pies outdoors and absolutely do NOT wean during this period.
What you can to toward the end of this period, is to allow the
puppy to begin housebreaking himself. Now that he can orient
himself visually, the front of the whelping box can be removed
to allow the puppy to eliminate outside of his sleeping area with the assurance that he can find his way back to his mom and sib-
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29-49 Days At this stage of development, the most important thing to provide
the growing puppies is constant change in their environment, just
as they would receive in the wild when they emerge from the den.
In my book I call it the “prepositional program.” I use anything
that the puppies can go over, under, around, through, in, out, and
on. I have a tippy board, several slides, a teeter totter board, dog walk, all kinds of stairs, an A-frame, different sized tunnels, and a
ladder. Some of the items I had made for me. Other items, such as
2x4s and cinder blocks that make great stairs, can be purchased
from building supply stores. Tiny Tykes slides can be found at
yard sales. I have wading pools to put water in, and summer lit-
ters are treated to a large Tykes swimming pool. Over the years I
have been amazed at the variety of items that people can find for
their puppies to interact with!
However, it isn’t enough, by far, to put out a slide and a teeter
totter and let the puppies play on them for 4 weeks. They quickly
become habituated to a piece of equipment, the novelty wears
off, and their brains are no longer being stimulated.
It is the constant stimulation of the brain that creates the growth
in the number of neural pathways the puppy has. This is the mira-
cle of “neural plasticity,” the ability of the brain to rise to the
occasion, so to speak. Within genetic constraints, the more brain
power is needed, the more is generated.
The ideal Puppy Headstart scenario divides each day into a mini-mum of three separate play sessions that should present either a
single new piece of equipment or a totally new arrangement of
familiar pieces of equipment. Each session is an opportunity to
offer a unique experience to the puppies.
I am not a great advocate of puppies living in the space they use
as their play area, either. I think the impact of being taken from a
relatively quiet x-pen or puppy pen into an area where things are
always different gets them used to ever changing surroundings.
During these 4 weeks, the puppies are also introduced to an im-pressive array of sounds such as whistles, slamming doors, vacu-
um cleaners, pots dropping and balloons popping. They are
placed on a variety of surfaces such as grass, gravel, asphalt, bub-
ble wrap, and plastic tarps. Handling is a daily occurrence and
includes the sound and feel of clippers, checking teeth, holding
each foot until they relax and stacking both on a table and on your
knees. They are given baths and blown dry, brushed and combed,
and nails are ground. And they are introduced to as many differ-
ent types of people and animals as I can muster.
Putting a litter of puppies through The Headstart Program re-
quires dedication, imagination and hard work. Just the basic day
to day management of a good sized litter is normally enough to
keep a breeder busy! But the benefits of the Puppy Headstart pro-
gram make it more than worthwhile. Headstart puppies learn to
interact confidently with anything in their environment. They’ve
“learned to learn,” They approach every new situation as some-
thing to figure out, not fear. They’ve been challenged day after
day and have overcome everything put in their path, and they will
leave home with the attitude that there is nothing they can’t han-
dle. And, as breeders, we owe that Headstart advantage to every
puppy we send out into the world.
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Mentoring Susan Rodgers
Mentoring in our sport of showing purebred dogs has never been
more of a challenge than it is today. The 20th century saw a
steady increase in those participating in the sport of dogs. Large
kennels grew on estates with ample acreage, employing knowl-
edgeable staff often brought in from the British Isles from estab-
lished successful kennels. With industrialization came wealth and spare time. Dog shows followed horse shows and races as a
way to exhibit the best breeding stock. Large kennels afforded
an excellent opportunity to learn animal husbandry that is not
readily available to most dog breeders today, passing knowledge
and hands on learning to willing apprentices who often lived on
the kennel grounds. Experienced kennel masters were charged
with selecting breeding stock, appropriate studs, grading litters
and of course showing the best against competitors. These
knowledgeable kennel masters became proficient handlers, men-
tors and sometimes judges. They maintained strong contacts
with previous employers in the United Kingdom, importing
many of the best there was. These imports made their debuts at major shows, impressing the audiences and influencing future
breeding activity. By the 21st century most large kennels had
disappeared. Land became more difficult to purchase, and prop-
erty usage more restrictive. Family income dropped, making the
sport a luxury.
As large kennels, maintained by the wealthy slowly disappeared,
kennel employees built their own smaller facilities and empha-
sized showing for clients who owned a few dogs but were keen
to show and to win and with the means to do so. Where does
this leave those hoping to have fun at the shows, enjoy their
dogs and still have a chance at winning? This question is a
complex one for breeders with puppy owners hoping to enter
the sport, and here lies the challenge for the experienced breeder
as the new enthusiasts are the future of our threatened sport. Breeders who have enjoyed success in the ring and the whelping
box with sustained quality and longevity in their dogs are in
place to mentor the breed through adhering to the standard and
placing those puppies in appropriate homes. As we all know,
everything begins with the purchase of a puppy for most new
owners. We of course, assist these new people in selection of a
show quality pup followed by all aspects of care and beginning
show grooming. New enthusiasts are encouraged to accompany
us to shows and help out, watch judging, learn differences in
structure, handling techniques, role of the judge and the steward
etc. etc. We have built a team that has been with us for over 4
years when they too were introduced to the sport and have be-come proficient at grooming and handling and helping newcom-
ers as well. The team encourages members with varied talents
such as photography, advertising and socializing puppies. Re-
sources are shared to make showing a bit less expensive.
Through their efforts the future of the purebred dog and this
sport we all love, looks just a bit brighter.
Breeders now can expand their assistance to those in other
countries through the internet. Photos of puppies can be shared,
pedigrees discussed, photos of dogs sent instantly to those in
need of some clarification. Many countries are new to the sport and seek information from those willing to share. Who of use
expected to be mentoring new breeders thousands of miles away
in countries we have yet to visit?
ATCA Website The ATCA website can now offer multiple categories in our Airedale Showcase.
The club wishes to thank club members for their participation in the Airedale Showcase.
Our members have provided great examples of their Airedales on this site. The ATCA
Board recently approved a new category for the showcase, Airedale Bowl Winners.
This category provides not only our members but the public to see great examples of
our ATCA Bowl winners. We have many categories where members can exhibit their
"special" Airedale in performance, conformation, best buddy, in memoriam, stud dog, or
brood bitch. The website committee is hoping that more performance members partici-
pate in this showcase category and highlight their achievements and successes in the
various performance venues. Remember it is a very simple process, just log in and go
to the button that says "enter dog in Airedale Showcase" and follow the simple instruc-
tions. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact Shirley VanO-
ver at [email protected]. The website committee, again, thanks those members for
their participation and for exhibiting your wonderful Airedales.
Don’t forget to have fun at www.shopping.airedale.org
Surprises??? I didn’t think that the breed had a problem with skin problems/ear problems and allergies. All three areas will be ex-
plored in more detail in the next survey. I was also surprised that 9 % of the dogs were euthanized for mobility issues and would
there be an opportunity to look at medical support for those dogs.
Thank you ALL for participating and giving us the opportunity to learn and improve the overall health of the Airedale Terrier!! If you haven’t participated PLEASE take 5 minutes and take the survey, the more information we have the better we can apply the
information to our breed. The link is on the ATCA website or can be accessed directly at:
It has come to my attention that the club's newsletter will no
longer be sent in its printed form to the membership, starting in
2013. It will however still be sent to members who choose to
pay an extra fee. This will ensure that those members, who
wish to receive it, will still have it come in its current form.
With the club's membership falling and printing prices continu-
ally escalating it was the board's decision to discontinue the automatic printing of the newsletter. An online version will be
sent out to all members and it will be their option to download
the PDF file and print it if they would like to read it in that
form. Otherwise members can just read it online and have noth-
ing that needs to go into their recycle bin after they are finished.
While one of the benefits of this format is that you will receive
your newsletter sooner and the photos will be in color, I must
say that it is with sad regret that I have to accept the inevitable,
that someday, I will be only ” the keeper of the cloud.”
Being the ATCA historian involves not only knowing a good general knowledge of the breed but also the storage and preser-
vation of the archives of our national club. One of the reasons I
became historian was my great love of all things historical, I
love to collect books, photos, stud cards, pamphlets, and any-
thing else with information about the breed I love from years
gone by. One of the nice things about owning a book, is if it is
well taken care of, that book can be utilized many years no cost
to the reader. It can then be passed on to the next generation,
and if taken care of properly, continue to be passed on and on
for many hundreds of years. The ATCA archive contains many
written pieces of information dating back from the turn-of-the-
century to modern day. These archives have proved invaluable
when the club has had a question that needed to be answered. It is my hope someday to modernize the archives and include
them "in the cloud" for all to be able to access, enjoy, and learn
from. As you can see, I am not against modern technology, in
fact just the opposite; I know that the technology of today can
spread the information faster and further than it has ever been
able to go before. It is the speed of change that the club, and the
rest of the world for that matter, is changing from printed to
digital format that have many historians concerned.
Change is always hard to accept, the world seems to be going
faster and faster with each passing year. Modern technology has
allowed for a book to be condensed into a small downloadable file, easily accessible to all who have the technology to open it.
While the technology to do this is relatively cheap and inexpen-
sive today, what's to say that it will remain so in the future? Will
the knowledge downloaded today be accessible with tomorrow's
technology? Will dwindling worldwide energy resources make
access to "the cloud" only for the very wealthy? I feel that these
are the questions that we need to ask before as a breed club we
go to digital only archives. However, for those members who
choose to pay for the printed newsletter, as I will, these issues
will become the only durable copies that will last into the future,
for Airedale lovers who enjoy the ability to not only read histo-ry, but to touch it.
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AKC DELEGATE REPORT Aletta Moore
In January, the American Kennel Club launched a new event
that will take place at select dog shows around the country - the AKC Owner-Handler Series. The Series will take place after
Best of Breed judging in each breed ring. This competition will
be open to all non-professional owner-handlers, whether experi-
enced or novice. All dogs' eligibility must be indicated by
checking the Owner-Handler box on the entry form at the time
of entry and will be marked as Owner-Handler eligible with an
asterisk (*) in the steward's book and catalog. Owner-Handler
Best of Breed will be selected from the dogs that are eligible to
compete in the Best of Breed competition including Winners
Dog and Winners Bitch.
Based on points from Breed, Group and Best in Show wins ac-
crued throughout the year, the AKC will rank the dogs and in-
vite the top owner-handled exhibits to a special year-end event
to compete for a Best Owner-Handler Award. The first events in
the AKC Owner-Handler Series will take place at the Dog Fan-
ciers Association of Oregon and Oakland County Kennel Club -
January 21st. More details can be found on the AKC website at
www.akc.org/ohs/index.cfm
Realignment of Point Schedule Divisions: The divisions
have been realigned by the AKC Board. The goal was to mini-
mize the differences in average entries among the states in the
current Divisions. The schedule of points is based on the previ-
ous year's entry in each division. Because of this, the schedule
of points lags behind what's actually happening. Previously,
your schedule of points was based on the previous three-year
average. So it was always a little higher than it should've been
since the entries were decreasing. In 2010, the Board changed
to a one-year consideration period. That makes the entries of the
requirements spike up and down more quickly. But at a time of
decreasing entries, it makes it a better opportunity to gain those
majors.
Previous computations excluded only national specialties. This
was changed to exclude all parent club specialties. Even desig-
nated specialties by the parent club won't be included in that
computation. And, finally, local all-breed shows held three days
prior the AKC National Champion Show, are also excluded be-
cause it provides undue entry in that particular division. Finally,
the divisions were realigned based on the data collected in order to minimize the difference between entries in the states within
each division. This is believed to allow for a more equitable
opportunity for majors within each division.
Two new divisions have been created; several states have been
moved around and this will be effective with the May 2012
point schedule. I have also included the current schedule for
comparison.
Divisions in effect with May 2012 point schedule Divisions currently in effect
CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT DE, NJ, PA, NY
DC, MD, NC, TN, VA, WV
FL, GA, SC
IN, OH, KY IA, KS, MO, NE
OK, TX, CO
OR, WA CA, AZ
AK
HI PR
ID, MT, ND, NV, SD, UT, WY, NM
AL, AR, LA, MS
IL, MI, MN, WI
CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT DE, NJ, PA
DC, KY, MD, NC, TN, VA, WV
AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
IL, IN, MI, OH CO, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, WI
AZ, NM, OK, TX
OR, WA CA
AK
HI PR
ID, MT, ND, NV, SD, UT, WY
Scramblaire IV By Linda Botts-Brennan
This word puzzle is similar to the “Jumbles” found in many news-papers. You unscramble the words/phrases; then using the high-lighted letters, you solve the puzzle. The theme is “things that have
to do with the Westminster Kennel Club and its annual show.” Unscramble each clue, then using the highlighted letters, solve the puzzle.
Clue 1. Westminster Kennel Club’s official colors are gold and ? U P L R P E ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Clue 2.
First Airedale show winner after 1900 – Denare ? S R S C O S E S R S E ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Clue 3. Type of dog on WKC logo is a ?
T I R O P N E ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Clue 4. Judges’ attire for the group judging is definitely ? L F M O A R ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Clue 5. Dept. store that features show-related windows is Saks ? Avenue I T F H F ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Aire Jordan x Darbywood's Watchful Eyes Owner: Jean Surfus
Breeder: Jean Surfus & Jody J Friedrich
GCH CH Joval On Angel's Wings (D) CH Tierra De Chu-
rubusco Y Chubasco x GCH CH Joval Angel's Kiss Owner:
Breeder: Dr. Valeria Rickard & John Rickard
GCH CH Penaire Cash Game At Longvue (B) CH Longvue Jackpot x CH Penaire Regalridge Copperpenny Owner: Todd
Clyde & Joan M Clarke & William Clarke & April Clyde
Breeder: Joan M Clarke & Ken Curren & Lee Steeves & Wil-
liam Clarke
Companion Dog
CH Coverdale Hardknott Master Of Thyme CD OAP OJP
(D)CH Evermay's High Performance x CH Hardknott Sweet
Thyme CD RA NJP Owner: Breeder: Nancy Bougher & Ste-
phen J Lehrer
Companion Dog Excellent Brisline's X-Static For Kimerik CDX GN RN (B) CH Ever-
may's High Performance x CH Brisline Plumperfect Uptown
Girl Owner: Kimber Smith & Georgia I McRae Breeder: Su-
zanne Tharpe & Georgia I McRae
Versatility
CH MACH3 Stirling Blackstone Spitfire UD VER RE MXP MJP (B) CH Greenfield's Captain Jack x CH Spindletop Cross-
fire Owner: Susan M Levasseur Breeder: Susan S Rodgers &
Dr. Shirley R Good
Rally Novice Eclipse Big Hit BN RN NA NAJ(D) Arthus Von Bella Donna x
MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF Owner:Martha
Touchstone Breeder:Christie Williams
Eclipse It's About Time RN TD (D) Arthus Von Bella Donna
x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF Owner: Alice
Peterson Breeder: Christie Williams
Stone Ridge Cozmo's Jack RN (D) CH Reydaleterrydale Stone Ridge Star Wars x Stone Ridge Gracie To Owner: Greg Melroy
& Dana Melroy Breeder: Mr. Christopher S Burke
Tracking Dog Eclipse It's About Time TD (D) Arthus Von Bella Donna x
MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF Owner: Alice
Peterson Breeder: Christie Williams
Tracking Dog Excellent Caleb Acres Final Answer RA TDX AX OAJ (B) CH Tim-
berwyck Maximum Overdrive x CH Caleb Acres Terra Nova RAE Owner: Judith Brown Breeder: PHIL KLEIN & Judith G
Brown & Robin Klein
Novice Agility
Eclipse Light My Fire CD BN RE NA NAJ NF (D) Arthus
Von Bella Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE
MXF Owner: Mrs. Linda M. Sorak Breeder: Christie Williams
Waterside Mccoreydale CD RE NA NAJ(D) CH Stirling Bat-
tle Hymn x CH Waterside Joy Of Bristol Aires Owner: Amy
McDermott & James McDermott Breeder: Susan F Metcalf
Novice Agility Preferred Caleb Acres Luna Rossa CD RE NAP NJP (B) CH Tim-
berwyck Maximum Overdrive x CH Caleb Acres Terra Nova
RAE Owner: Amy McDermott & James McDermott Breeder:
Phil Klein & Judith G Brown & Robin Klein
Open Agility A Matter Of Trust OA AXJ (B) Owner: Sharon Franson &
Sara Franson
Caleb Acres Defying Gravity CDX OA OAJ (B) CH Tim-
berwyck Maximum Overdrive x CH Caleb Acres Terra Nova
RAE Owner:Marilyn Wigley Breeder: Phil Klein & Judith G Brown & Robin Klein
Eclipse Elysian Supernova RN OA NAJ NF (D) Arthus Von
Bella Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF
Owner: Dr. Anne E Martindale Breeder: Christie Williams
Eclipse Nozone Enforcer OA OAJ NF (D) Arthus Von Bella
Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF Owner:
Carrie LaCombe Breeder:Christie Williams
American Airedale 44
Scrambleaire continued from page 40
Solution:
A breed/group/show win at WKC show is definitely a
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Solution: Triumph
Words: purple, Sorceress, pointer, formal, Fifth
Titleholders continued from page 43
Open Agility Preferred
CH Coverdale Hardknott Master Of Thyme OAP OJP (D)
CH Evermay's High Performance x CH Hardknott Sweet
Thyme CD RA NJP Owner:Breeder: Nancy Bougher & Stephen J Lehrer
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 2
CH MACH3 Stirling Blackstone Spitfire UD VER RE
MXP2 MJP (B) CH Greenfield's Captain Jack x CH
Spindletop Crossfire Owner: Susan M Levasseur Breeder: Su-
san S Rodgers & Dr. Shirley R Good
Novice Agility Jumper Eclipse Light My Fire CD BN RE NA NAJ NF (D) Arthus
Von Bella Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE
MXF Owner: Mrs. Linda M. Sorak Breeder: Christie Williams
Traymar Flying Gabriella NAJ CA (B) CH M.J. Traymar's Auspicious Occasion x Traymar A League Of Their Own Own-
er: Tim Geib & Ann Geib Breeder: Margo Dupre & Daniel
Dupre
Novice Agility Jumper Preferred
Caleb Acres Luna Rossa CD RE NAP NJP (B) CH Tim-
berwyck Maximum Overdrive x CH Caleb Acres Terra Nova
RAE Owner: Amy McDermott & James McDermott Breeder:
Phil Klein & Judith G Brown & Robin Klein
Open Agility Jumper Eclipse Nozone Enforcer OA OAJ NF (D) Arthus Von Bella
Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF Owner:
Carrie LaCombe Breeder: Christie Williams
Open Agility Jumper Preferred
CH Coverdale Hardknott Master Of Thyme OAP OJP (D)
CH Evermay's High Performance x CH Hardknott Sweet
Thyme CD RA NJP Owner: Breeder: Nancy Bougher & Ste-
phen J Lehrer
Excellent Agility Jumper Connemara's Hunt For The Party OA AXJ NF (D) CH Key-stone's Diamond Rio x CH MACH8 Connemara's Tuff Act To
Follow CDX RE MH NJP FTC1 TQX Owner: Rhonda Walker
& John Walker Breeder: Deanna Corboy-Lulik
Eclipse Journey Ripples Thru Time NA AXJ (B) Arthus Von
Bella Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE MXF
Owner: Rhonda Walker & John Walker Breeder: Christie Wil-
liams
CH Redbeard My Soul Is A Circus OA AXJ (B) CH Regal-
ridge Leader Of The Pack x CH Redbeard Fox Trot Owner:
Breeder: Marilyn D Martin
Agility FAST Novice Eclipse Light My Fire CD BN RE NA NAJ NF (D) Arthus
Von Bella Donna x MACH2 Bessy Vom Hassgau CDX RE
MXF Owner: Mrs. Linda M. Sorak Breeder: Christie Williams
Master Agility Champion
CH MACH Stirling Blackstone Esprit Du Coeur RE NF (B)
CH Stirling Skeandhu x CH Stirling Legend Of Glory Owner:
Susan LeVasseur Breeder: Dr. Shirley R Good & Susan S
Rodgers
Master Agility Champion 8
CH MACH8 Connemara's Tuff Act To Follow CDX RE
MH NJP FTC1 TQX(B) CH Brisline Keystone's Mr Cool x
CH MACH PACH Seneca Darby Life O'Th'party UD RA MXP7 MJP9 PAX2 Owner: Deanna Corboy-Lulik
In January, the American Kennel Club launched a new event that will take place at select dog shows around the country - the AKC Owner-Handler Series. The Series will take place after Best of Breed judging in each breed ring. This competi-
tion will be open to all non-professional owner-handlers, whether experienced or novice. All dogs' eligibility must be indicated by checking the Owner-Handler box on the entry form at the time of entry and will be marked as Owner-Handler eligible with an asterisk (*) in the steward's book and catalog. Owner-Handler Best of Breed will be selected from the dogs that are eligible to compete in the Best of Breed competition including Winners Dog and Winners
Bitch.
Based on points from Breed, Group and Best in Show wins accrued throughout the year, the AKC will rank the dogs and invite the top owner-handled exhibits to a special year-end
event to compete for a Best Owner-Handler Award. The first events in the AKC Owner-Handler Series will take place at the Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon and Oakland County Kennel Club - January 21st. More details can be found on the AKC website at www.akc.org/ohs/index.cfm
What is Zygosity?
Zygosity refers to the similarities of
alleles for a trait in an organism. If
both alleles are the same, the organism
is homozygous for the trait. If both al-
leles are different, the organism is
heterozygous for that trait. If one al-
lele is missing, it is hemizygous, and, if both alleles are missing, it is