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The Official Publication of the
German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Minnesota, Inc.
New Membership Applications for June
Dan & Lorrie Jergenson, La Crescent, MN
Russ Richner, Oak Grove, MN
From the Editor
Well this month „s Newsletter is jam packed
with Event Coverage submitted by our Event
Chairs.
Russ Killian has shared with us his write up of
the May 20th -22nd, Spring 2011 Hunt Test held
at Kelly Farms in Hugo, MN. Julie Thate was
kind enough to take some photos, and Karin
Greeman sent them along for use with Russ‟s
article of the event so we could share them with
you. Thank you so much to all of them for help-
ing to share this successful event with our mem-
bership.
Chris Benskin sent us his article, accompanied
by photos, of the May 27th – 30th Spring 2011
Horseback Trial at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve
near Rogers, MN. Another successful event we
were happy to be able to share with all of you.
Thanks Chris!
Thank you to Mary Morris, who wrote up an
article on the June 10th Annual Specialty Show
in Jordon, MN. This was a Double Event Spe-
cialty Show, which featured Junior Handler
Competition, and Obedience and Rally Trials.
The Show Photographer, Downey Photogra-
phy, was quite generous in sharing copies of the
Show Photos to be used in this newsletter. We
are very grateful for his generosity. The show
was quite successful and we are already busy
gathering things for next year‟s raffle, which is
always a big draw.
Please remember to submit any of your brags to
us so that we can include them in the future
newsletters. I would also love to have more of
our member‟s dog photos to be used in the
newsletter. We value your contributions.
Kitty Keiner
Newsletter Editor
Newsletter Information
Advertising and Submission deadline is the
20th of the month for next month‟s edition.
Advertising Rates:
Business Card $2.50 per month
1/4 Page $5.00 per month
1/2 Page $10.00 per month
Full Page $20.00 per month
2011 Officers:
President: Russ Killian
(763)427-9893 [email protected]
Vice President: Karin Greeman
(763) 421-3414 [email protected]
Treasurer: Chris Benskin
(612)396-8502 [email protected]
Secretary: Janelle Elfstrand
(651)583-3137 [email protected]
Board of Directors:
Jim Morgel (763)753-5083 – (2011-2013)
Todd Piechowski (763)682-9157 – (2011-2013)
Mary Morris (701)238-2297 – (2011-2013)
Joni Liljedahl (651)462-0219 – (2010-2012)
Clark Linn (763)428-8917 – (2010-2012)
2011 SCHEDULE OF GSPCMN EVENTS
July 16 2011
GSPC of MN Meeting
Wildmarsh Sporting Clays - Clear Lake, MN 55428
July 16 2011
5th Annual GSPC of MN Picnic
Wildmarsh Sporting Clays - Clear Lake, MN 55428
September 13, 2011
GSPC of MN Meeting
Kelly’s on Boone Ave - Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
November 15, 2011
GSPC of MN Meeting
Kelly’s on Boone Ave - Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
January 3, 2010
GSPC of MN Meeting
Kelly’s on Boone Ave - Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 (Additional Calendar Events Not Included - Pending Submission)
Upcoming Area Events
Upcoming AKC Conformation Opportunities 2011
Upcoming AKC Hunt Test Opportunities 2011
Upcoming AKC Field Trial Opportunities 2011
Duluth Kennel Club Duluth, MN Jul 14-17, 2011
Bismarck Kennel Club Bismarck, ND Aug 4-7, 2011
Coulee Kennel Club, Inc. Winona, MN Aug 6/7, 2011
Kennel Club of Freeborn County, Minnesota, Inc. Albert Lea, MN Aug 13/14, 2011
St. Croix Valley Kennel Club, Inc. Lake Elmo, MN Aug 27-28, 2011
Rochester Minnesota Kennel Club, Inc. Rochester, MN Sep 17/18, 2011
Wright County Minnesota Kennel Club Hutchinson, MN Oct 8/9, 2011
Rapid City Kennel Club, Inc. Rapid City, SD Oct 20-23, 2011
Sioux Empire Kennel Club, Inc. Sioux Falls, SD Oct 28-30, 2011
Granite City Kennel Club of St. Cloud, Minnesota St Cloud, MN Dec 10/11, 2011
St Croix Valley Brittany Club Marina On Saint Croix, MN Jun 25/26, 2011
South Dakota Hunting Dog Club Chancellor, SD Aug 27/28, 2011
None Posted
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Upcoming NAVHDA Opportunities 2011
ATTENTION! Historical Data Needed.. Mary Morris has taken on the job of finding the past Annual Award Winners. Do you have any old newsletters or information on old Annual Award Winners? Please send any information you have to [email protected] or Mary Morris 1019 Western Road Wahpeton, ND 58075
Brags:
The GSPC of MN would like to congratulate; Evelyn and Jerry Litchfield, new members, and their dog
Siouxland Hawkeye’s Tipper Winner’s Dog and Best of Winners – Major Win Minnetonka Show on Sunday, June 12th, 2011!
FOUR BROOKS TRAINING PERMITS
Required passes to train at the Four Brooks WMA, north of Milaca, are now available.
Passes are good through
December 31, 2011.
NA/UPT/UT Test, MN Iron Range Retriever Club Virginia, MN August 20/21 2011
NA Test Four Brooks WMA Milaca, MN September 3/4 2011
NA, UPT, UT Tests Kelley Farms Hugo, MN September 3/4 2011
May 20-May 22 2011
Spring 2011 Hunt Test
Kelly Farms in Hugo, MN
With another successful spring hunt test under our belts, I would like to take a moment to thank
everyone who came out to judge, help, participate, and observe. Special thanks to Pete Forsberg, Joni
Liljidahl, Dick and Karin Greeman, Julie Thate, and Jon Zeeman. Without these guys this event would have been a bust. Please take a moment to thank them the next time you see them. I'm sure
that I missed a few names, and my sincere apologies to anyone I neglected to mention. This year’s event was a bit different than years past. With it becoming increasingly difficult each
year to secure judges and horses, the AKC allowed us to be guinea pigs for the experimental usage of four wheelers to judge off of. I believe the experiment was a huge success overall, and with a bit of
tweaking would be a very viable option for clubs with low entries, or limitations for horse usage on
certain grounds. We'll have to see where the AKC takes it from here. Because this was an AKC experiment, Senior Field Rep Tom Meyer was sent out to observe all three
days of our event. They couldn't have sent out a nicer guy, and since he was able to pass our strin-gent screening process, we put him to work each and every day! Many thanks to Tom for coming out
to play with us. By the way, this guy can shoot, and has an open invitation to come back any time. Thanks again everyone. See you all at the picnic!
May 27- May 30 2011
Spring 2011 Horseback Trial
Crow-Hassan Park Reserve near Rogers, MN
For this year‟s Spring Field Trial we decided to go back to having a four day event instead of three,
over the Memorial Day weekend. The grounds were in good shape and had recovered nicely from
prairie burning a few weeks earlier.
This year we had a new trial Chairman, Kevin Jahr, who is known mainly for his Weimeraners, but
has also started to have success with Pointers and German Shorthaired Pointers. His addition to the
club and effort in stepping up to chair the trial is greatly appreciated. Chris Benskin handled the sec-
retary duties for this event for the first time after doing other club events in the past.
We were very fortunate to have such a diverse and esteemed group of people step up to judge this
event. All of the people in the judicial saddle brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to their
task at hand over this long weekend. Bruce Bryant came up from Iowa to judge the Open All-Age
and the Open Derby. Coming along on the trip was his brother Keith Bryant from Colorado and
nephew Chris Bryant from Nebraska. It was great meeting these guys and hope we can see them
again in the future. Phil Mathiowetz of Goodhue, MN took some time away from his job as a profes-
sional dog trainer to come and watch some dogs for a change instead of just handling them. Sue
Mueller, a long time participant with German Wirehaired Pointers and also a few German Short-
haired Pointers took some time to watch the juvenile stakes. Carl T Olson of Shorewood, MN was in
attendance to judge the Open Restricted Shooting Dog and the Open Puppy. He also brought along
his German Shorthaired Pointers to compete. Bjorn Peterson of Lino Lakes was assigned to watch
the Open Restricted Shooting Dog and the Amateur Shooting Dog stakes. Tim Zick from Edgerton,
WI was at our trial again this year and agreed to judge the Open and Amateur Shooting Dog stakes
while competing in the other stakes with his fine string of German Shorthaired Pointers.
We would also like to thank the other people involved in helping with the field trial. Bird planting
over all four days was mainly handled by Heather Gast. Others helping in bird planting were Dan
Erickson, Justin Martin, Clark Linn, Wes Lodes, and Bruce Mueller. It‟s a long thankless job, but
one that really gets noticed when not done properly. If I missed anyone I am sorry, but very grateful
for the help. Thanks to all of these folks for doing such a good job.
Dog wagon was staffed in the mornings by Chris Benskin and the afternoons by Kathy Erickson, An-
drea Linn, Matthew Linn, Mike Linn, Kevin Jahr, Chip Denham, and Dan Erickson. Thank you eve-
ryone for taking shifts in the wagon so I could prepare food and do paperwork.
Hot lunches and dinners were prepared on the grounds daily by Chris Benskin. The exception was on
Sunday night when we catered in a fantastic BBQ meal from Q-Fanatic BBQ in Champlin, MN.
Halfway through a delicious meal the crowd was demanding that we have them cater again next year.
Thank you Charlie Johnson and his staff for feeding this hungry bunch of field trialers with such
awesome food!!
We also want to thank all the participants that attended this event. Local professional trainers Greg
Dixon, Matt Eder, and Wes Lodes were in attendance and were joined by Art Armbrust of Gretna,
NE Bryan Long of Maryville, MO , and Jim West of Randolph, IA. Their entries were supplemented
by a large and strong contingent of Amateur trainers and handlers from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois, North Carolina and Kansas.
We kicked off the event Friday morning at 7:00 A.M. with the start of the Open Limited Gun Dog.
This was a large stake with 47 entries and was very tightly contested. This stake ran all day Friday
and spilled over into Saturday. The judges were very impressed with the performances that were
given. The winner was Cobb‟s Golden Kernal, a Gordon Setter handled by Greg Dixon. The top 3
dogs were superb with about the next dozen knocking on the door for placements
Open Limited Gun Dog ~ Cobb‟s Golden Kernal ~ handled by Greg
The Open All-Age then followed on Saturday. 22 contenders came to the line for this stake. There
were a few dogs lost and a few more went birdless. When all was said and done GK‟s Ramblin
Kassey, a GSP female handled by Bryan Long was the winner. This win finished her AKC Field
Championship.
Sunday was the Amateur Gun Dog stake, a retrieving stake with the retrieves done at a local farm at the
end of the stake. Conditions were tough for this stake with very calm and dry conditions. After run-
ning 25 dogs the judges called back 3 dogs for the retrieving. 2 of the 3 failed to make the retrieve and
the judicial panel withheld 1st and 2nd places and awarding only a 3rd place.
Sunday afternoon was the running of the Open Derby, a stake with 11 starters. Winning with a very
strong performance was Hillfire‟s Free Rein Bella, a GSP female owned and handled by Wes Lodes.
Monday morning we started with the Open Gun Dog but were soon interrupted by storms and heavy
rain. With conditions not being the best we had a few scratches and ended up running 21 dogs in
what turned out to be a very nice stake. After the retrieving callbacks were completed the judges
named the winner, Caprock‟s Pole Dancer a.k.a “Sugar” handled by Kevin Jahr. This was Sugar‟s
first broke stake win!
Open Gun Dog ~ Caprock‟s Pole Dancer a.k.a “Sugar” ~ handled by Kevin Jahr
The last stake was the Open Puppy which was run late Monday afternoon. Temperatures were in the
mid-80‟s and humid. 10 starters came to the line and when placements were read the winner was High
Roll-N‟s You‟ve Been Tagged, a GSP male handled by Tim Zick.
I started the month of May at a trial on these same grounds getting snowed on and 4 weeks later it was
close to 90 and humid. You just have to love springtime in Minnesota!! We plan to be back again next
year over the Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2012 for another great trial.
Open Derby ~ Hillfire‟s Free Rein Bella ~ Owner/Hhandler by Wes Lodes.
High In Trial Basket ~ Donated by Lee And Diane Felicetta
Setting Atop of the GSPC of MN Banner ~ Hand Made and Donated by Diane Felicetta
June 10th was our annual Specialty Show and Obedience/Rally Trial.
The first Specialty Show started at 9 AM, Obedience at 10:45 Rally following Obediences. It was a long day with the Second Specialty Show starting after 4 PM
Our entries were down a bit this year but our Obedience and Rally entries were more than tripled from last year!
We had two dogs gain new titles in Rally and Obedience.
This could not have been such a success if it wasn't for our club members getting up at 4 AM to drive to Jordan.
Our specialty was inside again this year, thank goodness because it of coursed rained on and off all day long.
We had fresh ground coffee going all day long with real creamer, sugar and muffins. There were handlers trudg-ing across the fairgrounds
to get cups of coffee from our building.
The sweepstakes prizes were great. The sweeps people were fighting over the blankets that were prizes.
The prizes for Best of Breed, Best of Opp, Best of Winners were fantastic also.
Diane Felicetta drove out to ring steward at the obedience/rally trial and to bring the High In Trial prize basket.
The free lunch ran all day long, hot dogs, lemon bars, 2 different types of salads, chips, pop and water.
The raffle this year was great, it had a wonderful variety of items. Embroidered grooming aprons and training
bags. Treats, plants, stainless steel food dishes and water buckets. There was even a tree.
It was great to see Myrna Johnson again. She has been in Texas for a couple of years now escaping our Minne-
sota winters.
A huge THANK YOU to Aaron who took the entire day off to ring steward for both of the shows. And another GI-ANT THANKS to Team GSPCMN Donna Schauer, Julie Thate, Karin Greeman, Kitty Kiener, Lacy Bauer, Braden for
helping setup, Jackie and Erica Greeman for selling raffle tickets and my personal slave Erica Morris.
Mary Morris
Best of Opposite Sex ~ 1st Show
CH HONEY RUN'S SPITTIN' IMAGE MH
Best of Breed Specialty Show ~ 1st Show
CH ROBIN CREST SPECTACULAR BID JH
The Best of Breed Line Up at the GSPC of MN Specialty Show #2
CH HI-SPIRT'S ARISTIDES Handler Braden Grefe
CH ROCK N ROLL AUS DEM NORDEN CD RN NA NAJ NA. ~
Handler Erica Morris
CH UNBRIDLED AUS DEM NORDEN RE CDX OA OAJ ~
Handler Julie Thate
Downey Photography of Stockton, MO
Generously sharing the following copies of the Show Photos to be used in this newsletter.
Winners Dog/Best of Winners ~ 1st Show
ROBIN CREST'S TRUE GRIT
Best Bred By ~ 1st Show
FAIRHILL'S ALEXUS RAINE OF VEGAS
Best in Sweeps ~ 1st Show
ROBIN CREST'S TRUE GRIT
Winners Bitch ~ 1st Show
FIELDFINE'S MAGIC CARPET RIDE
Reserve Winners Bitch ~ 1st Show
KMK HOLY MOLE V GREIF
Select ~ 1st Show
CH WHITE RIVER'S TITLE PAIGE CDX NAJ
Winners Dog/Best of Winners ` 2nd Show
ROBIN CREST'S TRUE GRIT.
Award of Merit Veteran ` 2nd Show CH UNBRIDLED AUS DEM NORDEN RE CDX OA OAJ
Best in Veterans Sweeps ~ Ruffian ` 2nd Show
Best of Opposite in Veterans Sweeps ~ Ringo
Winners Bitch ` 2nd Show
AUS DEM NORDEN Y NOT LORDOCS
Best in Puppy Sweepstakes` 2nd Show
ROBIN CREST'S TRUE GRIT
Best of Breed Specialty Show ` 2nd Show
CH ROBIN CREST SPECTACULAR BID JH
German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Minnesota
2011 Membership Application
Individual Membership $25.00
Family Membership $30.00
Name:__________________________________________________________________
Spouse Name:____________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________
City:_____________________________ State:__________ Zip Code:_______________
Home Phone:___________________ Work Phone:______________________________
Email:___________________________________________
Information:
How many dogs do you currently own?__________ What Breeds?__________________
Do you breed dogs? (Yes/No)
If yes, how many litters do you have per year?____________________________
If yes, what health clearances do you run on your dogs prior to breeding?_______
__________________________________________________________________
Are you a member of any other breed club? ( Yes/No)
Have you ever been suspended or expelled from another breed club? ( Yes/No)
If you answered yes to the last question, explain the circumstances using an additional sheet of paper.
Have you ever been suspended or fined by the American Kennel Club, Inc.? ( Yes/No)
If you answered yes to the last question, explain the circumstances using an additional sheet of
paper.
What activities do you participate with your dog (s) in, circle all that apply.
Hunting AKC Hunt Tests Field Trials Conformation Obedience Agility
Would you be interested in helping at any club sponsored events? Circle all the apply.
Specialty Show Hunt Tests Field Trials Awards Banquet
Fun Days Novelties Newsletter Game Fair
I agree to abide by all Club by-laws and breeding guidelines. I also certify that I/we are in good standing with
the AKC. If either of these conditions are violated you may be suspended of removed from The German
Shorthaired Pointer Club of Minnesota, Inc.
Signature_________________________________________
Date_____________________________________________
Please fill out and return with dues to:
Chris Benskin
Treasurer GSPC of MN
22020 Jivaro St
Oak Grove, MN 55303-8625
German Shorthaired Pointer Club of MN
Newsletter Editor
Kitty Keiner
2688 61st St
Fulda, MN 56131
E-Mail: [email protected]
Be sure to check our website for more information at www.gspcmn.netkennel.com
MDK KMK Rudolph’s Wit v Greif ~ “Rudy” ~Enjoying Some Water Play
Owner: Donna Schauer