Pre-Specialty - Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Bernese Mountain Dogs are working dogs! Did you know there are six different performance venues that our versatile Bernese Mountain Dogs will be competing in this week? If you’ve never attended a draft test or obedience trial—then here’s your chance! Here are details about the various venues as well as when and where you can watch them live this week! Draft The BMDCA Draft Tests are a series of exercises designed to develop and demonstrate the natural abilities of purebred Bernese Mountain Dogs in a working capacity involving hauling. Bernese have historically functioned as draft dogs in various capacities, and performance of these exercises is intended to demonstrate skills resulting from both inherent ability and training that are applicable to realistic work situations. Efficiency in accomplishing the tasks is essential. It is also desirable that the dogs evidence willingness and enjoyment of their work in a combination of controlled teamwork with their handlers and their own natural independence. There are currently eight BMDCA Draft titles available. Information courtesy of BMDCA Info Series Draft tests will be held Tuesday & Friday at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The ring will be next to the Wyland Center. Exhibitor check in begins at 7:00am with judging to follow. Rally AKC Rally is a sport in which the dog and handler complete a course that has been designed by the rally judge. The judge tells the handler to begin, the dog and handler proceed at their own pace through a course of designated stations. Each of these stations has a sign providing instructions regarding the next skill level that is to be performed. Scoring is not as rigorous as traditional obedience. Unlimited communication from the handler to the dog is to be encouraged and not penalized. Unless otherwise specified in the Regulations, handlers are permitted to talk, praise, encourage, clap their hands, pat their legs, or use any verbal means of encouragement. Since no two courses are the same, handlers are allowed a period of time to walk the course (without dogs) prior to competing. Each course can offer its own unique challenges. Rally promotes fun and enjoyment for dogs at all levels of competition. Information courtesy of AKC.org/events/rally Rally trial will be Wednesday at Mission Tower located on the Del Mar Fairgrounds beginning at 8:00am. Rally is a great starting point for competing in performance events - come see it in person! Susan Ablon Louis Apfel Andy Avery Darcy Babb Julie Bacon Lisa Baldwin Leslie Baran Bruce Bauersfeld Cindy Beckman Sherree Bell Misa Benson Kathy Berge Stephanie Biksacky Litia Bohlig Larry Bohlig Roxanne Bortnick Kim Bowman Mary-Ann Bowman Elaine Braden Bill Brickach Vilma Briggs Jan Burgan Liz Caldwell Barb Callen Phil Chagnon Valerie Chase Al Childs Sally Coleman Lori Conway Carrie Cook Marla Cook Kristi Davis Ron Davis Coral Denis David Denis Thank You To Our Volunteers… A show of this size simply would not be possible without the tireless efforts of our volunteers, many are even working with multiple committees throughout the week. We would like to thank our volunteers for the countless hours they have devoted to making to 2011 BMDCA National Specialty a successful reality. Laurel Denk Marc Denk Lea Doane Patty Doolin Steve Dudley Jason Duncan Conrad Eggeraat Teena Eggeraat Carl Eschweiler Julie Forward Lynne Fuller Kathleen Galbraith Gary Galunas Kim Gaeta Ann Ghiorso Kim Giannone Meredith Gilbert Kathy Gray George Guariglio Kim Guariglio Kathy Gushalak Susan Hayden Karen Heitkamp Phil Henderson Susan Henderson Mary Ann Hendryson Nick Hengeveld Lilo Holzworth Mona Hommel Valerie Horney Rick Jacquier Catherine Jennings Lynn Jones Sally Joseph Sylvia Katvala Donna Kelley Libby Kesner Wendy Kirk Vance Knuth Roni Leighty Keith LeTourneau Pat Long Kit Lofgren Nancy Mayer Angela Merfeld Michelle Merfeld Renee Merieaux Larry Miller Lisa Mitchell Jean Morris Joye Neff Jan Nelson Sally Nesbitt Jean Nielsen Larry Nielsen Peter Noll Susan Norman Jeff Nowak Sue Nowak Michael O’Hara Grace Parrott Amanda Patchin Vicki Patchin Bethany Pearson Mary Pearson Bob Persons Tammy Porter Jeanette Reece Nikki Roberts Gene Robinson Jayme Rogers Bob Schmidt Matt Simons Katherine Skerle Alexis Smith Karen Thompson Steve Thompson Kelley Van Arsdale Nancy Van Horne Kathe Vasquez Teri Vasquez Sherri Venditti Nell Ward Fred Weibel Vicky Whitney Barb Wilczek Robin Windlinger Elaine Witulski Jennifer Zaayer Cheryl Zeller Terri Zimmerman Marcia Zuger Please accept our apologies for any misspellings or omissions. Surf’s Up! Welcome Book Page 8 Surf’s Up! Welcome Book Page 13
Big Kahuna Club! Thank you to the following for your support of the 2011 Specialty by sponsoring a trophy, purchasing and ad in the show catalog and sponsoring a banquet centerpiece – we appreciate your support! In Memory of Shadyoak Calloway Shadows RN (BG 36328), CH Lemark Briarcliff Abbey (BG 26096) Murray Johnston - Briarcliff Bernese Honoring the Life & Rescue Efforts of Patti Johnson, Lori Kennedy Carol Lynn and Tony Fox, MahaRaja Bernese Ruth Nielsen and the Mazama Mountain Dogs In Honor of All Past/Present Show Chairs of the BMDCA National Specialty Murray Johnston - Briarcliff Bernese Thankful for Ekko NAP NJP, Sweet Rescue Bouncing Boy, Karen Petersen Rich & Lynne Hawkinson In Memory of CH Kaibab's Above Suspicion CDX RAE NDD (BG 52711), Kay Morrow Kathy Berge DVM, Ahquabi Bernese Mt Dogs Lisa and John Christensen, In Memory of Donner, Adesa's Walk on the Water, CD, TDI, CGC Lemark Berners, Dr. Mary Ellen Guy Libby Kesner and the BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS of MAINE Chan and Tracey Keith, Wyndrift Bernese In memory of my first Bernese Mt Dog Meadowwood Vizon of Grandur – Eliot (BG #15744) always in my heart and mind, Carrie Cook Peter & Gabriele Noll, Surf Dog Nani & Kiki, SoCalSurfDogs.com In honor of Anna, KAIBAB ANNAPURNA V PINNACLE (BG 52706), Marti Simons & Megan & Molly Settles In Memory of AM/CAN CH Mountain Sprit's Secret Desire (BG 35048), Dewayne Adams In Memory of Deerpark Toblerone v Summit CGC, CD, OA, NDD, BNDD, BMDCA Working Dog and Ch. Wagontale’s Dashing Thru Snow CGC, DD, BNDD, Jennifer and Todd Zaayer In Memory of Ch. Wagontale’s Incoming Tide CGC, NDD, BNDD, HRD-1, BMDCA Versatility Dog, Todd and Jennifer Zaayer In memory of "Calli" Am/Can Ch Ebnet's X-Caliente Am CD NDD ABNDD DD MBDD NAP NJP / Can CD DD BMDCA VD BMDCA WD BMDCC VD In memory of "Stryder" Ebnet's Wasatch Wanderer NDD CGC Carrie Ann Roos & Randal Lee Dowler Holiday Bernese Mountain Dogs, Carri Jones, My dogs are handled by the talented… Jeni West, PHA Jim & Annette deBoer and the Boys with us and in our Hearts Barb Casciole, ROCKnROSES Kennel, Rialto, Calif. Wagontale Bernese, Stacy Temples & Howard Ramsdell With Loving memories of Berners lost and dreams of those to come. Shelly Schardt Bill and Cheryl Brickach, Betruf Bernese Phil and Susan Henderson Denise Dean and Patrick Hatch Patti Doolin David and Susan Thompson Surf’s Up! Welcome Book Page 12 Agility Agility is a fairly new dog sport that is rapidly growing in popularity and participation. As with most sports, there is more to agility than it first appears. The object is to complete the course accurately and as quickly as possible. While one might think the dog and handler would be experts once they mastered how to do the obstacles, in fact that is only the foundation to this challenging sport. There is much more to it. The course layout and order of the obstacles are different at every show. And, the exhibitor doesn't know what the course is until the day of the show. Berners and Agility - Many people’s first reaction to thinking about competing in agility with a Bernese Mountain Dog is that the two don’t mix. Most Berners, in fact, turn out to be very good at agility. Their intelligence, confidence and willingness to please are traits that are important to successful agility training. Berners can do agility successfully although there is little denying that upper level titles are very difficult for the largest boned Berners to achieve. Information courtesy of BMDCA Info Series Agility will be held Thursday at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Test Track beginning at 8:00am. Come by and cheer on some amazing agility Berners! Obedience What is AKC Obedience? Obedience demonstrates the usefulness of a dog as a companion to humankind, AKC Obedience is a sport with rules, regulations, judges, conditioning, training, placements and prizes. Accuracy and precision are essential, but the natural movement of the handler and the willingness and enjoyment of the dog are very important. Each level of obedience competition, novice, open and utility - requires mastering a specific skill set, which increases in difficulty, before advancing to the next level. Information courtesy of AKC.org/events/obedience Obedience trial will be Wednesday at Mission Tower located at the Del Mar Fairgrounds starting at 8:00am. Bernese Mountain Dogs across the country are currently excelling in all avenues of performance events. This is a great opportunity to watch Berners demonstrating their natural working abilities! Surf’s Up! Welcome Book Page 9
Page 1 and 2: Health & Emergency Medical Informat
Page 3 and 4: Closest Shipping Centers… Did you
Page 5 and 6: When? Thursday, April 7th, 2011(7:0
Page 7: The Specialty Triathlete Award is g

Pre-Specialty - Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?