The Poodle Papers

Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America

Spring 2007

Poodles
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JUDGE- JACKIE STACY
Coming Specialties GREATER PITTSBURG-AUGUST-1
JUDGE- NORM KENNEY
P.C.A. AFFILIATE CLUB SHOWS HEART OF AMERICA-AUGUST 22
JUDGE WAYNE POWER
* Note this listing comes from Michael Knight PC OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-SEPT.20
2007 JUDGES RANDY GARREN
WASHINGTON POODLE CLUB-APRIL 20 DANNY AUGUSTUS
JUDGE- JOAN SCOTT JACKYN HUNGERLAND
OBEDIENCE- BETSEY HUMER LUIS AIZCORBE
GREENSPRING POODLE CLUB- APRIL 22 DORIS COZART
JUDGE: HELEN LEE JAMES
WILLIAM PENN POODLE CLUB-MAY 4 * Note: If your show is not listed, please contact
JUDGE:MARY LOU KNIOLA Michael Knight, mgk@tx.rr.com. I list only the
THE ENCHANTED POODLE CLUB-MAY 11 shows that he sends me the information on. If the
JUDGE:SANDRA GOOSE ALLEN listing is not complete, please contact Micahel.
LOS ANGELES POODLE OBEDIENCE Leslie
CLUB-MAY 12
JUDGE:ROBERT MARGOLIS
MID MICHIGAN MAY 18 Wanted:
JUDGE SAM DRAPER Photos, Tapes, CD’s, or DVD’s, of
JUDGE DESMOND MURPHY
PC OF HAWAII MAY 20
Poodles . I need Poodles in all aspects of
JUDGE the breed, doing what they do best, Agil-
GREATER CINCINNATI POODLE CLUB- ity, Rally, WC/WCX, Breed, Obedience ,
MAY 25 Therapy dogs, and family dogs, whatever
JUDGE:JON THOMPSON your poodle does best. I am going to put it
OBEDIENCE: RICHARD MULLEN all together for the Eukanuba Booth for
GREATER CINCINNATI POODLE CLUB-
MAY 26
December 2007.You can mail me them to
JUDGE:NANCY SMITH HAFNER me at:
OBEDIENCE:MRS. M. DONLON
PANORAMA POODLE CLUB OF MT SPO- Mary Ellen Fishler
KANE, WA- MAY 26 PO Box 88
JUDGE:SANDRA GOOSE ALLEN Washington Grove, Md 20880
OBEDIENCE: JOYCE OSTBY
TIDELANDS PC OF VA MAY 27
JUDGE DR JON FERRANTE or bring them to PCA in June and give
PC OF MASS-JUNE 1 them to me there. I need them by Sept. 1
JUDGE - DORIS COZART ,2007 to make them into a presentation for
ORLANDO PC- JUNE 21 the PCA Eukanuba booth.
JUDGE
PC OF OKLAHOMA CITY-JUNE 27
JUDGE JOHN SHOEMAKER
Thanks for your help to make this years
COLUMBIA POODLE CLUB-JULY-19 Booth another winning Booth for PCA.
JUDGE-PAT HASTINGS
GREATER MILWAUKEE-JULY 27 Mary Ellen Fishler
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The Poodle Papers

Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America
Spring 2007
2006-2008
OFFICERS & COMMITTEES President’s Message
President:Doris Cozart
1st Vice Pres.: Michael Wahlig Spring is finally here, and we can put the long winter behind us. PCA is
2nd Vice Pres.:Michael Knight
Corres. Sec.: Peggy McDill
quickly approaching, and in just a few months we will be together again in
poodleclubsecy@aol.com Salisbury. This year is our 75th Anniversary Show, our Diamond Anniversary.
Record. Sec.: Sandy Marshall The club has grown and changed but still has the same purpose, the protection
Treasurer: Connie Green
and enjoyment of our unique and wonderful breed.
Variety Representatives
Toy:Nancy Hafner
Mini: Luis Aizcorbe In this newsletter, Glenna Carlson, our hard-working Show Chairman, will
Stand.: Glenna Carlson provide an update on the events for our 75th anniversary show. As many al-
Publicity: Del Dahl ready may know, we have made changes in the way reservations and items are
AKC Delegate: Scott Olund ordered for the National. We have put PayPal on the PCA web site for your
Show Committee convenience. We also have this year, on a trial basis, paid reserved seating. A
Chairperson: Glenna Carlson comment box at the National will everyone a chance to give their opinion on
Performance Events Obedience
Chairperson-Susie Osborn
this. The board will evaluate this plan after comments are read.
Performance Events Agility
Chairperson-Jan Hopper We have made a request for membership in the Master National Retriever
WC/WCX Working Certificate
Chairperson- Joyce Carelli Club. This should be a help to our performance events. We are fortunate to
have Joyce Carelli and her committee, who work hard to make the trials so
Public Education Coordinator
Arlene Scardo successful. It is really something to see the Poodles working in the field. I
Judges Education hope everyone plans to attend the hunting trials, WC and WCX. This year will
Bill Cunningham- be the first time we will award medallions to participants who meet the re-
dacunbirds@bellsouth.net
quirements.
Affiliate Club Council:
Michael Knight
This PCA is a week full of events, starting on Saturday and ending on Friday.
PCA Foundation: I hope you all are planning to attend. Anyone who would like to volunteer to
Exec. Director Michael Wahlig
help with any of the PCA events, please contact Glenna Carlson or me.
Genectic Anomalies Committee:
Director Michael Wahlig
Our show this year is dedicated to Annie Clark. Annie was such a landmark in
PCA Poodle Rescue Central: the Breed. Let us joyfully celebrate her legacy to Poodles and to the sport of
Sally Poindexter
poodelclubofamerica@yahoo.com purebred dogs as a part of our 75th Anniversary show. I know that Annie was
looking forward to this show and, in spite of her absence, her spirit will be
Poodles in America:
Editor:Betsey Leedy with us as we enjoy Poodles in all of their versatility and beauty.
Breeder Referral:
Poodleclubofamerica.org We welcome to the board Mr. Del Dahl as Publicity Chairman, and he will be
writing the AKC Gazette Column. Del has assumed Mrs. Clark’s seat on the
PCA Home Page
Leslie Newing & Mia DiBenedetto board.
assisted by Lisa Croft- Elliott
www.poodleclubofamerica.org
Enjoy your wonderful Poodles, and I look forward to seeing you and them at
PCA Information the National.
Hal Kinne
infopoodleclubofamerica@yahoo.com

The Poodle Papers Doris Cozart

Layout & Graphic design
Editor: Leslie Newing
Email: lnewing@earthlink.net Doris Cozart, President
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The Poodle Papers

Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America
Spring 2007

What’s Where
Cover Story 6

A Cheat Sheet For Spectators , by Mia DiBenedetto 10

Affiliate Club News 13

Atrial Septal Defects in Standard Poodles, by Pat Forsyth 18

AKC News 19

Foundation for Cross-training,, by Dudley Fontaine 24

Researchers Seek Genetic Cause of SA in Standard Poodles ,Purina Pro Club Poodle Update 27

Regional Specialty 30

AKC Retriever Hunt Test Events, by Mia DiBenedetto 32

National Specialty 37

PCA Foundation 41

Is your Poodle Ring -Wise?, by Joann Neal 42

In Memoriam 46

PRA, Then and Now, by Luis Aizcorbe 47

AKC Delegate’s Report 50

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breed ring to observe and wishing she could have a
Spotlight on a P.C.A. Member dog to compete with there, so she bred her Right On
This edition of the Poodle Papers shines it’s spotlight daughter, and out of this mating came her first cham-
on Sandy Marshall. pion bitch. She, too, was bred and her daughter was
finished, and so it went on down the line, breeding a
Sandy was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up little and finishing a dog or two. The Standards have
mostly in D.C. and Chevy Chase, Md. been her love ever since.
As a child, Sandy enjoyed drawing,sewing, and ballet Those most influential to Sandy in her start in Poodles
dancing until she was 14. Sandy grew up with Beagles, were Mary Lebet, Eleanor Gardner, and the members
Cocker Spaniels, and an English Setter. These were pets, of the Washington Poodle Club. Sandy has been a
but she doted on them. Sandy also loved horses, too member now for 32 years. She has co-owned and co-
but, being a city kid, didn't get as much opportunity to bred several bitches with Connie Rodgers, a fellow
ride them as she would have liked. Sandy always had a WPC member. She taught her a wealth of information
love of the outdoors and was a Girl Scout. She loved about breeding and grooming. She owes a great deal
camping, hiking, and swimming, and used to go to camp of what she knows now to her long association with
most summers when she was a kid in Cape Cod, Mass. Connie and her Denevillette Standards. Sandy has been
involved in Standards for thirty-two years now.
Sandy has been married for 45 years and has three
grown children, one daughter and two sons, and three Other hobbies or interests other than Poodles. Sandy
grandchildren enjoys traveling when she can. She also loves the op-
era as well as a little gardening. Currently she and her
Sandy is a retired travel agent and taught travel classes husband are remodeling and redecorating their 45-year
at a travel school for several years. Before that, Sandy old home, which has become quite a hobby so far.
had raised her three children. She was a Girl Scout Sandy belongs to a book club and the local health club
Leader for senior high school students and a Cub Scout where she works out, swims, and does yoga five days a
leader. Before that, Sandy worked in a local depart- week.
ment store's advertising department doing copy and
proofreading. The kennel name that Sandy bred and shows under is
Sancourt
Sandy now lives in the Washington, D.C., suburb of
Colesville, Md. Whats in a name?
Sandy got her first Poodle, a white mini, when she was How did you come up with your kennel name you use?
newly married in 1963. She had always loved Poodles That question will be asked to breeders in each variety
but had not been able to have one before then. Later, in for the Poodle Papers . This issue we have asked
1974, she got her first Standard Poodle from a fellow
club member, Mary Lebet, who had bred a beautiful
Maryln Brooks, Anomar Miniature Poodles -My
litter out of her Wycliffe bitch by Ch Rimskittle Right
Kennel name is ANOMAR......AN for my daughter's
On. Mary got her involved in showing and sponsored
first name "ANnette" The "O" comes from my
her joining the Washington Poodle Club, our local Af-
husband's middle initial "Owen" , and the MAR comes
filiate Club. It was at this time that Sandy met Anne
from the first three letters of my name "MARyln".
Rogers Clark, who was an honorary member of the
Hence...ANOMAR
Washington Poodle Club. She was a friend and mentor
to Sandy and the Washington Poodle Club for many
Sandy Marshall, Sancourt - The kennel name that I
years.
breed and shows under is Sancourt which was a com-
bination of my first name Sandy and my husband's
Sandy and her husband started out by training two
first name Courtenay.
Standard poodle In Obedience with her friends and
mentors Ken and Nan Nagler. She did obedience trials
in a few matches, but never got a title on any of her
dogs. She found herself constantly drifting over to the
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Westminster Results February 2007

TOYS - BEST OF BREED
GROUP ONE
Ch Smash Jp Win A Victory
Breeder: Yukiko Omura
Sire: Ch Chasing Ray's Salva
Dam: Smash Always Win
Owner: Ron Scott

BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX

Ch Smash JP MA-I-A HO
Breeder: Yukiko Omura
Sire: Ch Chasing Ray's Salva
Dam: Smash JP Splash
Owner: Yukiko Omura

AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Kenwa's Odie Black Diamond
Breeder: Kenneth Washburn
Sire: Ch Kenwas Slick Ricky
Dam: Kenwa Miss Ethel Of Sara
Owner: Ken Washburn & Lori Winans

MINIATURES - BEST OF BREED

Ch Rios Avalon Vanilla Skye
Breeder: B Cordova & K Vankerschaver & Cyndi
Chaddock
Sire: Ch Parades Kiss And Tell
Dam: Ch Avalons Antigua
Owner: C Chaddock & B Cordova & T Chaddock &
K Vankerschaver

BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX

Ch Rosewood Right On
Breeder: Rosemary & Noel Wright
Sire: Ch Rosewood Devil Dog
Dam: Ch Halcyon Starling
Owner: Rosemary & Noel Wright & Mary Ellen
Fishler

AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Dassin Madiselle
Breeder: Joseph D Vergnetti & Ronald M Rella
Sire: Ch Reignon Dassin Alberto
Dam: Ch Dassin Reignon Madas-L
Owner: D Sturz & J Vergnetti & C Smart
cont. on page 7
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cont. from page 6

STANDARD - BEST OF BREED

GROUP ONE
Ch Brighton Minimoto
Breeder: L'Dyne Brennan
Sire: Ch Ale Kai Mikimoto On Fifth
Dam: Ch Brighton Calendar Girl
Owner: Cindy Coggin & Don Rochaw & Zuleika
Torrealba

BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX

Ch Jaset Sparks Will Fly
Breeder: Owners
Sire: Ch Durandel Dream On
Dam: Ch Jaset's Lexus La Mauvais
Owner: Sandra Tompkins & Chris Bailey

AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Brighton That's My Girl
Breeder: L'Dyne Brennan
Sire: Ch Ale Kai Mikimoto On Fifth
Dam: Ch Brighton Calendar Girl
Owner: Debra Ferguson Jones & Kaitlyn Jones

Ch Afterglow The Big Tease

Breeder: Michael Gadsby
Sire: Torpaz It'll Be All White
Dam: Magin Don't Eat The Daisies At Afterglow
Owner: Michael Pawasarat & Michael Gadsby
Poodles were on TOP in both the Toy Group and the Non Sporting Group this
year.This has occured 7 other times in the history of Westminster Kennel Club
Dog Show.
Poodles won the Non Sporting Group
1950 (Standard) Ch Puttencove Halla's Hugo
1951(Miniature)Ch Blakeen Cristoff
1956 (Standard) Ch Alfonco yon der Goldenen Kette
1961 (Miniature) Ch Estid Ballet Dancer
1991 (Standard) Ch.Whisperwind on a Carousel
1995 (Miniature) Ch. Surrey Sweet Capsicum
1998 (Standard) Ch. Lake Cove That’s My Boy

Now for the 8th time we have Poodles winning both groups!

BIS
3 Miniatures, 4 Standards & 2 Toys have achieved BIS at Westminster Kennel Club.
Thanks to David Frei for the statistics

David Frei - Director of Communications - The Westminster Kennel Club

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