G S CA M ON T H LY Volume 14, Issue 9 Giant...

President’s Message: Baskets of Pride & Auction Preview

Giant Tales

G S C A M O N T H L Y E N E W S L E T T E R

September 2014

Volume 14, Issue 9

Upcoming

Events:

● October 29- No-

vember 2, 2014:

GSCA

National,

Purina Farms

Auction Items 1-4

Financials 5

Board Minutes 6

Reminders 7

New Titles 8

Looking Back 9

CHF News &

Announcements

10

Epilepsy Initiative 11

National Specialty 12

Trophy Donations 13

Inside this issue:

As we make preparations for the National Specialty at Purina Farms in Octo-ber, we have a growing number of exciting events planned, along with the dog show, of course. This year, we are asking members to create a “Basket of Pride” from your state or region that can be auctioned off by the GSCA. Your basket could include things that are representative of where you call home, as well as, items that other members will like to bid on at silent auction. Luke and I are putting together two “Pride of New York” bas-kets which will contain, so far: New York cheese, New York maple syrup, Vodka dis-tilled in Schoharie County, hard cider and apples from Roger’s Orchard. We’re having fun shopping for the items, especially since they all MUST be sampled for purity. Many of the board members have committed to making baskets and so far, we have a basket from Florida and one from Maine coming from Robin Greenslade. Kim Dem-chak is putting together an Arizona basket and Peggy Shackleford is already shopping for her “California Wine Basket,” there may be a line in front of that one. I’m sure Mar-yann Bisceglia will have a Pennsylvania or Eastern region basket, too. Brenda Cejka is working on Texas basket and God only knows what the mid-west folks will come up with. We can’t have too many, so encourage other members to donate a “Basket of Pride” from your region and/or state. Washington and Colorado, please follow federal guide-lines.

The trick, of course, is to find items that represent your region and can be carried half-way across the country and still be desir-able. I think you get the idea. If you need help with suggestions, call me. I guarantee once you start talking about it, the ideas will start to flow. We’re having so much fun putting the baskets together, we can’t wait to bid on somebody else’s to bring home. Wow, is the auction coming along nicely, too. Big thanks to Yvonne Schilla for her donations of some VERY nice vintage Giant Schnauzer items and to Rob-in Greenslade for collecting items from the estate of Carolyn Coulter. Theresa Siebert donated a beauti-ful Giant Schnau-zer head pendant on a chain. Here is a preview of this year’s auction items, so far. 1) Beautiful an-tique demitasse silver spoon with Schnauzer handle.

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2) Bronze Giant Schnauzer pin tray 3) Drawing of Giant Schnauzer with bicycle 4) Shadow box with assorted Riesenschnauzer medals 5) Rosenthal ceramic figurine of Giant Schnauzer. The figurine has a little history. After WWII the Rosenthal factory (they specialized in fine tableware) made figurines of several breeds. American GIs wanted souvenirs & these met that need. Sometime during the 1960s the GSCA made a cast of it to be used as BOB prizes at the National Specialties. They were cast at the Mack Truck Co, whose CEO, Zenon Hansen, was a

GSCA member. When the last was given out, no more were made. 6) Musical Giant Schnauzer and Pony circus train 7) Signed Giant Schnauzer pen and ink head study 8) Mounted and framed Giant Schnauzer Head Study print 9) Giant Schnauzer wood planter and stencils to recreate 10) Reed & Barton Silver bowl 11) Giant Schnauzer wooden leash rack and stencils to recreate 12) Giant Schnauzer wooden toy and stencils to recreate 13) Giant Schnauzer head study on wooden oval plaque 14) Framed Two Giant

Schnauzers pen and ink 15) Framed Canine Eye Chart 16) Sterling Silver Giant Schnauzer Pendant There’s more to come. If you still plan to donate items for the auction but you didn’t tell Luke yet, zip him off an e-mail so he has a better idea of what’s coming. His e-mail is: [email protected]. See you in St. Louis! Doug Hill President, Giant Schnauzer Club of America

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Financials


GSCA Telephonic Board Meeting Minutes August 13, 2014 Board Members Present:

Doug Hill, Robin Greenslade, Howard Postovit, Maryanne Bisceglia, Kim Demchak , Christina Tommila, Peggy Shackelford absent - Cornelia King Call to Order: 8:37 pm Next Meeting - Wednesday , September 10, 2014 Approve Minutes from July 11, 2014 meeting Robin made the motion to approve the 7-11-2014 minutes Kim - 2nd MOTION PASSED Report from the Secretary:

Robin Greenslade New Member Application

Michael & Rachael Sundeen 8873 Prickly Pear Circle Parker CO 80134 (719)322-4675 [email protected]

sponsors: Cynthia Wallace & Victoria Kallete Member Address Change

Debbie Coffin 199 Jericho Rd Salem NH 08079 email: [email protected]

Motions Passed: 7-23-2014 Maryann made a motion to send a $1000.00 donation to the Hemopet Rabies Chal-lenge Fund Howard - 2nd MOTION PASSED 8-5-2014 Howard made a motion to pay the in-voice to Sports Accesso-ries America $487.50 for 250 congratulatory pins ordered by Marnie. Peggy - 2nd MOTION PASSED 8-13-2014 Kim made a motion to approve Laurie Clark, Cindy Wallace and Vikki Kallete to head the committee and host the National Specialty , September 2015 in Greely CO Robin - 2nd MOTION PASSED Discussion items Constitution and By Laws committee submit-tal - BOD members are reviewing the submittal independently Parent Club rescue com-mittee grants - BOD is moving forward to setup grant process for dis-persing funds to rescue organizations for the gi-ant schnauzer.

Breeder Website Listing- PDF is being reviewed and hope to be online and in test mode early November 2014 for launch in January 2015 REPORT FROM THE TREASURER Robin made a motion to approve July Treasurer's Report Maryann - 2nd Motion Passed UNFINISHED BUSINESS Howard presented a Specialty update NEW BUSINESS Discussion of judges selection and how they relate to our Standing Rules ADJOURNMENT - Robin made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:19pm Maryann - 2nd Motion Passed Meeting adjourned at 10:19pm

Board Minutes:


Giant Steps Publication Dates for 2014

The Eastern Regional

Board Member and

the Secretary position

had no nomination

VERY IMPORTANT:

The membership

should vote on the

three (3) proposed

standing rule changes

concerning our

judges selection for

National and

Regional

Specialties.

So VOTE and please

return the ballots

timely manner.

Mail to:

Robin Greenslade

Secretary GSCA

3660 Burkholm Road

Mims, FL 32754

Election ballots

need to be returned

and in Robin

Greenslade’s

possession by

10/10/14 .

There is no vote on

Board members as

those who are

running are running

unopposed.

Please Vote!


Issue Deadline Publication Date

National Specialty November 30th December

GIANT SCHNAUZER CLUB OF AMERICA OFFICIAL BALLOT

FOR CHANGES TO OUR STANDING RULES

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GSCA CONSTITUTION AND IN ORDER FOR

YOUR BALLOT TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND CONSIDERED VALID

YOU MUST:

PLACE YOUR COMPLETED BALLOT IN THE BLANK ENVELOPE PROVIDED

AND SEAL IT. DUAL MEMBERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SENT TWO (2) BALLOTS;

INCLUDE BOTH IN THE BLANK ENVELOPE. PLACE THE BLANK SEALED

ENVELOPE INTO THE PROVIDED PRE-ADRESSED ENVELOPE TO Robin

Greenslade, GSCA SECRETARY. YOUR BALLOT(S) MUST BE

RECEIVED (POSTMARK DOES NOT APPLY) BY Robin

Greenslade NO LATER THAN 10/10/2014.

RESULTS OF THIS BALLOT WILL BE ANNOUNCED NO LATER THAN 11/09/2014.

New Titles!


Dog Title Dog Name Sex Owners Name

Champion CH Fanta C's Life Of Riley D Nancy D Brown & Nancy E. Nier & Bernie Brown

Champion CH Fanta C's Walkin' After Midnight B Nancy E. Nier

Champion CH Histyle's Tasmanian Devil D Hector Morales & Federico Mo-rales

Champion CH Seven Seas Aurora Electra's Echo V. Adonis B Capt. A Sevastopoulos & K Se-vastopoulos

Champion CH Stablemaster's Cool Johnny Cool D Irina Klimanskaya

Grand Champion GCH CH Cadbury's Wanna Go Fast? D Cheryl Schaffer & Melisa Davis & Robert Schaffer

Companion Dog Rr Pearl Black Meike CD BN B Richard Russell & Janet Russell

Companion Dog Excel-lent Riesenrad's Kaari Another Turn CDX GN RA CGC B

Ingrid Hamburger & T Ahlgren & H Hamburger

Beginner Novice GCH CH Skansen's Errol Flynn BN D Louise Lister & Lu O Castro

Beginner Novice Skansen's Talk Of Tailwind BN B Rick Leach & STACY LEACH

Rally Advanced Hemi Vom Engelskotten BN RA AX AXJ OAP AJP OF OFP B Rebecca Letson

Rally Advanced Riesenrad's Kaari Another Turn CDX GN RA CGC B Ingrid Hamburger & T Ahlgren & H Hamburger

Master Excellent Jump-er Preferred 7

CT MACH2 PACH Histyle's Nosy Rosie VCD2 RN MXB2 MJB2 MXP6 MXPS MJP7 MJPS PAX2 OF B

Judy Shonborn & Michael Shonborn

Canine Good Citizen Classic Rosebud V Easentaigh CGC B Mary E Falls

Canine Good Citizen Skansen's Luna Lovegood CGC B Lucy Edling & Eric Edling

Therapy Dog Novice CH Bigfoot's Western Treasure THDN CGC B Kimberly Demchak & Susan K Butz

Therapy Dog Novice CH Stonehouse Claim Jumper RN THDN CGC B Kimberly Demchak & Jack Ku-kuchka

The Breeder side:

The list was long of the

items needed to be

checked off in order to get

ready for the big weekend:

The National Specialty.

Selecting the most

promising, our very best to

show and to show off was

a big part of the planning.

Timing the different stages

of stripping to have the

coat in perfect length at

just the right

time. Exercising routinely

and regularly assessing the

conformation were all part

of the process. It was a

time to look over the new

completion, meet new

GSCA club members,

renew old acquaintances,

and attend club meetings,

seminars, enjoy a banquet

or two! The time had

come, the highlight of our

year, our only vacation,

and we looked forward to

going again and again,

each year. It was

Important to be there, to be

able to see all of the

Giants. Pedigrees were

memorized, top dogs

closely examined; after all,

we were serious about this

as breeders and exhibitors.

If we had won points and

ribbons, it helped get us

back home, for we all were

exhausted.

The Judges side:

Time to fast forward, the

Giant Schnauzer was and

is not an easy breed to

understand and perhaps

there might be a better way

of explaining and

promoting the breed we

are so passionate

about. Judging, joining the

ranks of other breeder

judges seemed to be a

wise and obvious

choice. We needed to

become more familiar with

our breed standard, we

needed to be able to better

understand structure and

movement not only as it

pertained to the Giant, but

other similarly built working

breeds. Standing in the

ring as a judge, knowing

what to look for, making

comparisons and decisions

also takes concentra-

tion: A lot of focus for so

many dogs as entered in a

specialty or a National

Specialty. Preparations as

a judge are quite different

from the exhibitor at this

important event. There is a

list of materials to review

and now all we have to do

is sort out the entries and

find the best Giant

Schnauzer. It is a great

honor to be selected to

judge a National Specialty,

especially of one’s own

breed. It is perhaps, the

best we can do for our

breed.

Looking Back: The National Specialty (From Both Sides of the Fence) by Joan Anselm


Editor’s note:

This summer, I had

the opportunity to

visit with long time

breeder– judge,

Joan Anselm. I

asked Joan to write

an article for the

Looking Back

section from her

unique perspective,

both a breeder/

owner/handler and

as a judge of out

National Specialty.

Only a few have

held both honors.

CH Ingebars Black Diamond "Slate"

winning the National Specialty under Joan

Anselm (pictured left), 2005.

Photo courtesy of Maryann Bisceglia.

Susan M. Lilly, Certified

Fund Raising Professional

(CFRE), has been appoint-

ed CEO of the AKC Canine

Health Foundation (CHF).

Founded in 1995, CHF is

the leading organization

devoted solely to canine

health research, having

funded more than $40 mil-

lion in worthy scientific re-

search and education to

help dogs and their owners

lead longer, healthier lives.

Ms. Lilly will oversee CHF

operations at its headquar-

ters in Raleigh, NC, super-

vising day-to-day activities,

grant administration, finan-

cial management, and de-

velopment. She succeeds

Terry T. Warren, PhD, JD,

who retired in June after

six years in the position. A

native of Michigan, Ms.

Lilly boasts a strong fund-

raising background. After

holding development posi-

tions at Central Michigan

University, she served as

Director of Development at

Michigan State University

and, most recently, was

Executive Director of the

North Carolina State Uni-

versity Veterinary Health

Foundation. In announcing

Ms. Lilly’s appointment, Dr.

A. Duane Butherus, AKC

Canine Health Foundation

Board Chairman said, "She

has proven herself to be an

extremely productive fund-

raiser, able to connect the

scientific community with

pet-loving donors and to

create an outstanding envi-

ronment of philanthropy.

CHF welcomes her exper-

tise and enthusiastic ap-

proach as we strive to con-

tinue to enhance our out-

standing programs." As

Ms. Lilly noted, “CHF has

already instituted a valua-

ble, international program

of support for canine

health. I look forward to

building on this history and

growing initiatives to further

our exceptional mission.

When we help our pets, we

also enrich our own lives.”

The judging ballot for the 2015 National Specialty as well as judging

nominations for the 2016 and 2017 National Specialties were mailed this

week by Vicki Kallett. Be sure to return the form no later than October

20, 2014 in the envelope that is pre-addressed and stamped to Vicki.

There are instruction in the mailing if you have any questions. Voting for

the judge for our national is very important. Resumes for the judges are

included.

Judging Ballot and Nominations

AKC CHF Announces New CEO: Susan Lilly


The Premium list for the GSCA National can be found at:

http://www.caper-dogs.com/GSCA14Premium.pdf

Please Note: Entries CLOSE on Wednesday, October 8,

2014. Caper DOES accept credit cards.

The seizure-related syn-

dromes collectively known as

epilepsy represent one of the

most common neurological

disorders in dogs, and as such

are a significant concern to

the AKC Canine Health

Foundation and our donors. In

response to donor concern,

CHF is launching a major,

two phase research effort to

better classify disease, under-

stand the underlying mecha-

nisms that predispose dogs to

epilepsy, and finally, to intro-

duce new drugs into the ca-

nine epilepsy treatment pipe-

line. To ensure success, the

Epilepsy Research Initiative

requires the formation of col-

laborative pre-clinical/clinical

research groups who will

work together to define the

molecular basis of epilepsy

and develop disease modifica-

tion or prevention strategies.

It is expected that formation

of collaborative pre-clinical/

clinical research teams will

accelerate the discovery phase

and thus the translation of

research from laboratory

bench to patient. Successful

applications were required to

demonstrate both a strong

understanding of the clinical

syndromes themselves and a

rigorous preclinical research

base.

Two Epilepsy Grants Ap-

proved:

2131: Neurostimulation: A

Groundbreaking New Treat-

ment for Canine Epilepsy

Principal Investigator: Dr.

Sam Nicholas Long, PhD

Institution: The University of

Melbourne Total Grant

Amount:

Phase I $116,000

Epilepsy is a debilitating con-

dition that affects a large

number of dogs, resulting in

premature death and distress

for their owners. For many

dogs the underlying cause is

unknown. In people, advances

in some types of imaging

have identified subtle abnor-

malities, including abnormal

development and shrinkage of

particular regions in the brain

of some people with epilepsy

that can be surgically re-

moved to improve the control

of seizures. This project will

apply the same advanced

techniques to the brains of

dogs with epilepsy to deter-

mine whether those same ab-

normalities exist in dogs. In

those dogs in which no abnor-

malities can be found, this

project will investigate a new

form of treatment, known as

neurostimulation which has

been shown to reduce the

frequency of seizures dramati-

cally in human clinical trials.

This involves surgically im-

planting a new, highly sophis-

ticated device called the Brain

Radio that can provide con-

trolled electrical stimulation

to parts of the brain while

simultaneously recording the

brain’s activity. This device is

one of the very first that could

potentially provide successful

therapy only when needed to

treat imminent seizures and if

it proves successful in dogs it

will enter clinical trials in

people with epilepsy.

2133: Canine Epilepsy: Ge-

netic Variants, Biomarkers,

and New Therapies Principal

Investigator: Dr. Ned E. Pat-

terson, DVM PhD Institution:

University of Minnesota

Total Grant Amount: Phase I

$104,781.00

Epilepsy is a significant sei-

zure disorder affecting all dog

breeds. It is the most common

chronic nervous system disor-

der in dogs, with a prevalence

of 0.5% - 5.7%, resulting in

approximately 2 million af-

fected dogs in the USA. We

have assembled a trans-

disciplinary team to attempt

to improve the fate of dogs

that have epilepsy with a spe-

cial emphasis on dogs with

drug-resistant epilepsy. Dog

with drug-resistant epilepsy

have frequent seizures even

when on 2 or more anti-

epileptic drugs. The team

includes Veterinarians, Ca-

nine Geneticists, Pharmacolo-

gists, Human Neurologists,

Basic Scientists and Biomedi-

cal Engineers from the Uni-

versity of Minnesota College

of Veterinary Medicine, Col-

lege of Pharmacy, Institute for

Engineering in Medicine, and

Departments of Neurology

and Surgery, and Mayo Clinic

in Rochester, MN. Under the

guidance of Dr. Ned Patter-

son, the collaborative group

proposes to evaluate tradition-

al DNA genetic markers,

blood biomarkers called mi-

croRNAs (miRNAs), and

potential new drugs for the

emergency treatment of sei-

zures in dogs.

Epilepsy Initiative Update


Epilepsy is a health prob-

lem that not only affects

the Giant Schnauzer, but

is prevalent in many oth-

er breeds. Although Epi-

lepsy can be multifocal,

there appears to be some

genetic connection. The

Giant Schnauzer Club

has made a major dona-

tion from the Purina

Weight Circle program

and previous Donor Des-

ignated money made to

the Canine Health Foun-

dation to support the

Epilepsy Initiative.

These are the studies the

Canine Health Founda-

tion has decided to sup-

port in the first phase of

the studies.

We are reaching the end of the

backstretch with 2014 Regional and

National Specialty event planning.

AKC has approved all of the events

and the committee

has worked up the following schedule

for Specialty week:

Tuesday, 10/28

7:30 am Regional

Agility Trial (sponsored by

the Bouvier des Flandres Club;

the premium should be on the

GSCA web-site) 6:00 pm Obedi-

ence/Rally Fun

Match

Wednesday, 10/29

7:30 am National Agility Trial

(sponsored by the Bouvier des

Flandres Club 9:00 am Regional

Obedience and Rally Trials (in

conjunction with the Bouvier des

Flandres club)

6:00 pm GSCA

Board meeting, location TBD

Thursday, 10/30

9:00 am National Obedience and

Rally Trials 11:00 Judges Semi-

nar (by Steve

Fox); lunch at 1:00; followed

by hands-on workshop at

2:00. 2:00 pm Canine

Good Citizen and CGC Advanced

Testing 5:00 pm GSCA

General Mem-bership Meeting

(upstairs at Puri-na)

Friday, 10/31 9:00 am Regional

Obedience and Rally Trials

10:00 am GSCA Eastern Regional

Sweepstakes/Specialty Show

6:30 pm Awards Banquet at Host

Hotel

Saturday, 11/1 10 am GSCA Na-

tional Sweep-

stakes/Specialty/Parade

5:00 pm Post-

national hor d’oeuvres and

cash bar at Puri-na

Sunday, 11/2

10 am GSCA Mid-west Regional

Specialty

REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILA-

BLE You may have re-

ceived a notice that, thanks to the

great help from Melisa Davis, reser-

vation forms are now available on

the web-site for grooming spaces,

RV parking, ban-

quet tickets, post-national hor d’oeu-

vres/cash bar event, and show

catalogs. The forms are for

check/MO and cred-it card payments.

Pull the one you want off the web

and get it to Sheila Lietz.

BARKTOBERFEST: Howl at the Moon National Specialty


2014 National Agility Premium List

The Agility Premium list

for the National Specialty

weekend can be found on

the Lab Tested Secretary

Services; but it is listed as

the American Bouvier de

Flanders Club (ABdFC).

The entries for this trial

opened on July 14, 2014.

The direct link is: http://

www.labtestedsecretary.co

m/BouvierOct14.htm


GSCA TROPHY RESERVATION FORM

Please use this form to request your donation and dedication. List exactly how you want your sponsorship to

be listed in the show catalog. Deadline is September 26, 2014.

The minimum donation for a trophy for the National is $60 for regular classes and $50 for sweepstakes. For

regular classes at both Regionals $40 and sweepstakes Regional 1 only, $25. Donations to the General fund or

Hospitality can be any amount. Please refer to the pages attached or the spreadsheets on the GSCA National

specialty page for exact amounts. Use the back of the sheet for the exact spelling and wording for your dedica-

tion. Please PRINT!

GSCA Trophy Selection SPONSOR AMOUNT

1st Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

2nd Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

3rd Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

General Fund:

_________________________________________________________________________

Hospitality:

___________________________________________________________________________

TOTAL:____________

Contact Kim Demchak to verify availability of your sponsorship availability prior to sending your

check. Donation(s) must be received by Kim 10 days after you have requested a specific trophy.

Please call or email if you have questions. Please return this form with your payment to:

Kim Demchak

14975 E Pickaway Trail

Mayer, AZ 86333

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 928-632-5991 (from 6pm-8pm Arizona time)

Editor: Robyn Elliott

[email protected]

Giant Schnauzer Club of

America, Inc. is a member club

of the AKC.

Please send suggestions and

photos to editor. Deadline

for submission is BEFORE the

10th of each month.

Celebrating 52 years

of the GSCA

GSCA E NEWSLETTER

WRSF Schnauzerfest

October 10-12, 2014

www.schnauzerfest.com

Doing what puppies do...

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