September October 2018

Winners Dog and Best of Winners in the National Conformation
Show to finish his Altered Championship. “Maggie,” CH 4Mile
Chrissy EvertofShellBluff, brought home 8 th place in the Altered
Conformation Finals, followed by an Altered Premier in the
National Conformation Show. All three were expertly handled to
their wins by Stacey Hayes and the entire Shell Bluff crew.
Fall also brings our Georgia Jubilee Conformation, Stock,
and Farm Trials, hosted at Hardrock Farm by Cheryl Padgett. We
had lovely fall weather, wonderful stock, and three great days
for showing. Plans started taking shape to consider hosting an all
farm trial weekend, to potentially recognize ASCA’s first Farm
Trial Champions.
November was warmer than usual, so we were glad to host
our Turkey Trot Obedience and Rally trials indoors on mats with
air conditioning, at the ADOG Training Facility in Chamblee,
GA. Obedience and Rally are rather big locally, with more than
a dozen local AKC clubs hosting all breed trial weekends, so it
becomes a challenge finding a fall date with no local conflicts.
December normally brings cool weather for our Toys for Tots
Conformation shows, which raise toys and funds for the USMC
program. But this year, we had an early snow and ice storm
that stranded judges and handlers, and turned our planned four
shows into just two, with delayed starts due to the bad driving
weather. Strangely enough, temperatures warmed up and soared
into the 80s only a week later, so Santa Claus would have been
comfortable delivering presents in Christmas shorts. The warmth
continued into our January Paw Thaw 18 shows for Obedience
and Rally at ADOG in Chamblee, GA.
For 2018, we moved our Spring Fling trials from around St.
Patrick’s Day into early April, mostly hoping for better grazing
for the livestock at Hardrock Farm. Once again, Cheryl Padgett
hosted Farm, Arena stock trials, and Conformation shows. It was
cooler and wetter than we expected, but all the working dogs
seemed energized with the conditions. With more known about
the new Farm Trial Championship, we chose a time in June to host
our first all farm trials weekend, and were thrilled when Cheryl
Padgett’s “Bryn,” WTCH FTCH Crofton Bring It On AFTDcdsm
DNA-VP, earned ASCA’s second ever Farm Trial Championship.
Not long afterward, we finished our reporting period with Big
Kahuna Luau XII, once again a 3 Rally, 3 Obedience trial weekend
indoors, on mats, with air conditioning at ADOG in Chamblee,
GA. With outdoor temperatures soaring close to 100, and the 80%
humidity melting asphalt in the parking lot, we were glad for the
indoor comfort throughout. These trials all filled, or missed being
full by one or two runs only, being our largest entries in several
years. For our 2018 Pele’s Championship, Burlynne Mejeris and
“Woody,” Soundtrack’s Knock on Wood BN CD RNX REM,
were our winners, notable because this was the first time in eight
years this achievement was earned by a Junior Handler!
GAASC had fun figuring out what sort of item might
be presented as a keepsake for our new Farm Championship
titles. We present a New Champion neck medallion to anyone
completing an Altered or Intact Championship, an ATCH bar,
rosette, and Beanie Baby Cheetah for completing an ATCH, a
rosette and curly pink-haired Beanie Baby Witch for the WTCH
(the title letters are shown in letter beads on her hat), and a rosette
and “OTCHtopus” Beanie Baby with letter necklace, for the
Obedience Trial Championship. With a bit of brainstorming, we
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decided the most fitting Beanie Baby mascot for the Farm Trial
Championship, is the new “Ferdinand the Bull” character from
the animated movie. Ferdinand is sitting down, munching on a
rose, and now wearing a neck bandanna with ASCA FTCH. Any
club member finishing a Championship title away from home,
and any handler finishing a title at one of GAASC’s shows,
will bring home a special keepsake for completing these special
achievements.
Finally, GAASC would like to recognize the following dogs
and handlers who have earned Invitations to compete in the 2018
Finals events in Colorado:
• CH 2RCoolmoorSunfire No Quarter Given STDcds CD RNX
REX RMX REM DNA-VP, “Deegen,”,bred, owned, and handled
by Renee Watson – Intact Conformation Finals
• CH ShellBluff Hot Topic at Mystic STDds, “Jazz,” owned
by Dr. Susan Herdman and handled by Stacey Hayes – Altered
Conformation Finals
• RTCH Nitestar’s Superstition UD ODX VER GN RTX RTC
DNA-VP, “Magic,” owned by Pat Pierce and Carl Bartz, and
handled by Pat – Rally Finals
• Sunfire’s Bettin on Willowbrook CD DNA-VP, “Tip,” owned by
Joe and Sharon Willis and handled by Sharon – Novice Obedience
Finals
• CH Lyric Isle Dance at Willowbrook’s Rendezvous UD DNA-
VP, “ Spiff,” owned by Joe and Sharon Willis and handled by
Sharon – Open CDX Obedience Finals
• OTCH10 CH Blue Isle Dance the Night Away UDX3 DNA-VP,
“Kenji,” owned by Joe and Sharon Willis and handled by Sharon
– Utility Obedience Finals
• OTCH RTCH Brookridge Secret Mission at Madabra UD BN
RAX RMX REX REMX, “Stryker,” owned by Robert and Mindy
Costanza and handled by Mindy – SuperDog Obedience Finals
• OTCH CH Sunfire’s Dancin Away at Willowbrook UD DNA-
VP, “Reno,” owned by Joe and Sharon Willis and handled by
Sharon – SuperDog Obedience Finals
• RTCH Nitestar’s Superstition UD ODX VER GN RTX RTC
DNA-VP, “Magic,” owned by Pat Pierce and Carl Bartz, and
handled by Pat – SuperDog Obedience Finals
Congratulations, and best of luck at the 2018 National Specialty!
Heart of Texas ASC
Pam Riney, Affiliate Representative, pamjriney@gmail.com
Howdy from Texas! We are looking forward to hosting The
Superdog Dock Jumping Trial Second Issue pre-trial at 2018
ASCA Nationals, September 26-28. This was a big hit at last
year’s Nationals in Bryan and we hope you will enjoy it again this
year.
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