Spring 2008 Voice - The Dachshund Club of America, Inc.

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features a colorfully named food contest — the Swamp Rabbit Cook-off — as well as themed decorations and prizes. The highlight, however, is a Saturday evening parade. Costumes are strongly encouraged for both human and canine attendees … and the 2009 edition was presided over by a canine King and Queen resplendent in robes and crowns. Not even the last minute relocation of the trials from Prentiss, MS to Sealy, TX put a damper on this year’s parade. Trial chair Randy David and the Bayou club just adapted by pressing the fleet of rented golf carts — normally utilized to shuttle dogs and people the quarter mile from the clubhouse to the rabbit enclosure — into service as parade floats! Beagler Owen Baker and his wife Elaine served as this year’s parade marshals. Prior marshals have included Doug Ljungren, AKC Director of Performance Events, and Mel Stewart, Field Director of Hounds. Owen was so tickled by the notion of a parade that he invited neighbors to come and watch the funny Dachshund people tool around in the dark slinging Mardi Gras beads. “King” Bentley (Innis) and “Queen” Maggie (Mims) join Sealy owners Owen and Elaine Baker to kick off the festivities. Photos courtesy of Randy David Tick-Borne Diseases Ashley Dumas and a boa-bedecked Robert Schwalbe join the promenade of golf carts in Bayou’s Mardi Gras parade. B-Naturals is a website that sells holistic natural products for dogs and cats. Lew Olson, the site’s owner, is a well-known Rottweiler fancier and canine nutrition expert. One very nice feature of her website is its monthly newsletter. In this publication, Lew and guest writers discuss health issues and nutrition. The newsletter archive can be found at www.b-naturals.com/newsletters . The April and May 2009 editions of the B-Naturals newsletter have featured a two part article on tick-borne diseases written by Gil Ash, one of the moderators of the Tick-L discussion group. This piece is very informative, and I highly recommend reading both parts. As someone who recently had a 14.5 year old dog diagnosed with Lyme’s disease despite the fact that he had been Frontlined regularly his entire life, I can attest to how frightening TBDs can be. Just getting the correct diagnosis can be tricky … in Oliver’s case we initially believed that there was a back issue at play. He showed signs of deep pain in both the neck and spine, but no disc problems were evident on x-rays. That fact led my vet to consider TBDs so we tested for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichia, and Lyme’s. After a very high titer on the Lyme’s, we began Oliver on a course of Doxycyline and saw immediate improvement. SPRING 2009 8 of 23
What’s in a name … The Annual The National Host Club The Invitational These are all terms that refer to separate, unique Dachshund field trials held annually. Given that each event has its own distinct history and traditions, we thought a brief discussion of these trials would be interesting to our readers. In future issues of The Voice, we will plan to tackle the history of these trials individually and in greater detail. In this country, the first Dachshund field trial was held in 1933 under the aegis of the short-lived Unites States Dachshund Field Trial Club. The USDFTC was established by fanciers determined to preserve the working skills that made the Dachshund unique. This club was based in the mid- Atlantic area, and its field trial format was quite rigorous. In many respects, the system bore far more resemblance to den trials and blood tracking than modern brace-on-rabbit trials. Elaborate burrows were created, requiring weeks of construction and installation. This work load proved untenable for the club’s small work force, however, and the USDFTC disbanded after just two years. The Dachshund Club of America stepped into the void left by the USDFTC’s abrupt demise and began holding AKC affiliated field trials in 1935. The club’s first trial took place at the James Cox Brady estate in Lamington, NJ on September 22 nd of that year. A second trial occurred later that fall in West Chester, PA. The “best in field” at both trials was a 12 pound black and tan smooth bitch named Amsel v. Holzgarten. Amsel was owned by George McKay Schieffelin, then DCA Secretary and the club’s AKC Delegate. Since those first field trials in 1935, DCA has held at least one trial each year with the exception of 1947 - 1950 when no trials were held. DCA actually hosted three trials per year from 1936 through 1940. Six dogs finished field championships during that period. Fittingly, the first of these was Amsel v. Holzgarten who finished her field championship in style by again prevailing in the open all age bitch stake before defeating the dog stake winner at the September 20, 1936 DCA Trial. The one trial per year tradition began in 1941 (1959 being an exception with two trials). This annual trial was held in late fall and simply referred to as “the DCA Field Trial” because it was the ONLY Dachshund field trial held each year. In its early years, the trial rotated around between various sites in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. By the time that the Dachshund Club of New Jersey held the first licensed trial on April 23, 1967, however, the Dachshund field trial community had settled into north-central New Jersey for good. The inaugural DCNJ trial was held on state game lands in Sussex County, while the DCA trial that year took place on the Brady estate yet again. Through its well established ties with beagler Lloyd Bowers (a frequent judge), DCA was able to hold its 1968 trial at the now familiar Central Jersey Beagle Club in Sergeantsville, NJ. Field trial enthusiasts were Between 1935 and 1946, eight Dachshunds earned AKC field championships. All but one of these were smooths. The lone exception was George C. White’s CH Vagabund v. Paulinenberg, who became a field champion in 1943. This dog was the first wirehaired field champion as well as the breed’s first dual champion. Vagabund was the grandsire of CH Brentwald Joshua W and is, therefore, behind the pedigrees of many of today’s standard wires. SPRING 2009 9 of 23
Page 1 and 2: Chairman’s Message Within the nex
Page 3 and 4: 2009 DCA FIELD TRIAL MERIT STANDING
Page 5 and 6: Date Change for 2009 DCA Annual and
Page 7: The Atlanta club waived the entry f
Page 11 and 12: with the AKC format insofar as how
Page 13 and 14: BALLOT for 2010 DCA NATIONAL FIELD
Page 15 and 16: OAAB 26 Starters Judges: Sandi Myer
Page 17 and 18: FC 18 Starters Judges: Tracy Hunter
Page 19 and 20: FCB 17 Starters Judges: Ken Hagmuel
Page 21 and 22: Absolute FC Annie Ochre Von Dorndor
Page 23: 3rd CH Rose Gate Brutus Beefcake Br

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