GSD National Magazine SW News August 2010

Jaquenetta German Shepherd Dogs

August 2010

FROM THE SOUTH WEST. JEAN HISCOX.

Congratulations to John and Pauline on Veneze Ellie gaining SG1 at the Belgium Sieger. There is a lovely photo of John posing on the podium with Ellie on photographer Guus Kersemakers website, could his smile be any wider?

I had thought the SWGSDC was a member club of the GSD Breed Council, and assumed that all GSD Breed Council member clubs followed the judges’ criteria as set out by the Breed Council panel and the Educational Working Party. And that the markers of the examination papers and the assessors of the judging candidates who had passed the written exam were the members of the E.W.P. Apparently this is not so, the SWGSDC judging criteria for inclusion on their A2 list differs from the Breed Council not only on the exam and assessments, but also on other parts, for example the number of dogs to be judged which is 175, the Breed Council is 250 dogs. I can see now that the SWGSDC is not a fast track just a different track. Now that the SWGSDC has led the way forward for several years and shown that any Breed Club can set up their own exams and assessments and judging criteria along KC guidelines, and that this is accepted by the Kennel Club as I know people that have gone through the SWGSDC system and have now judged the Breed at championship shows, perhaps more Breed Clubs will do the same. I do agree with Gill that we need more educational activities for people wishing to learn about the breed.

At the East of England the judge was Mike Vines. 1^st OD&DCC&BOB&PG2 Cullen’s Elmo vom Huhnegrab. 3^rd PB Cullen’s Veneze Furby. 1^st JB Cullen’s Veneze Ellie. 1^st OB&BCC Cullen’s Veneze Chaos.

John Robinson was the judge at NW&PB. 1^st JD Belfield & Mackenzie’s Kassieger Cello. 2^nd GD Kessel & Brimacombe’s Conbhairean Ursus at Kesenburg. 1^st OD&RDCC Cullen’s Elmo vom Huhnegrab. 1^st PB&BPIB Cullen’s Veneze Frankie. 1^st JB&BCC&BOB Cullen’s Veneze Ellie. 2^nd PGB Julian’s Gazjackhof Carly at Lindmark.

On to Midland Counties, Joachim Stiegler was judging dogs. 1^st JD Belfield & Mackenzie’s Kassieger Cello. 1^st OD&DCC Cullen’s Veneze Connor. Bitch judge was Rene Rudin. 3^rd MPB Cullen’s Veneze Frankie. 5^th PB Cullen’s Veneze Furby. 5^th JB Cullen’s Veneze Ellie. 1^st YB Julian’s Gazjackhof Carly at Lindmark. 2^nd LB Sheffield’s Willowdale Kiefa.

We went to the GSD Club of Devon Champ. show. It was nice to have a Champ. show only a couple of hours away. Dog judge was Otto Korber-Ahrens. 4^th MPD Hiscox & Hensley’s Zumander Fangio. 2^nd PD Minhinett’s Jaxsungates Janos. 1^st JD&DCC Cullen’s Veneze Erik. 2^nd JD Minhinett’s Belezra Torino. 3^rd JD Belfield & Mackenzie’s Kassieger Cello. 5^th JD Meaton’s Moonwinds Torrez. 6^th Melsome’s Felsental Ferrari. 1^st YD Swift’s Veneze Dino. 3^rd YD Kessel & Brimacombe’s Conbhairean Ursus at Kesenburg. 2^nd PGD Aldridge’s Edser Anton. 1^st LD Cullen’s Veneze Conner. 1^st OD Gray’s Videx Tyson at Megamax. Bitch judge was Rudiger Mai. 1^st MPB Cullen’s Veneze Frankie. 2^nd PB Minhinett’s Jaxsungates Jaffa. 3^rd PB Cullen’s Veneze Furby. 2^nd YB Julian’s Gazjackhof Carly at Lindmark. 1^st LB&BCC&BOB Sheffield’s Willowdale Kiefa. We heard some sad news at the show that Dave, Denise and Emma Hensley’s Lyfame Winnie was put to sleep at 15 years of age. I was also told that Carol Keen’s Enzo son Clokellys Titian has died. Our sympathies are with them.

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