THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN WHIPPET CLUB MARCH 2010

AWC OFFICERS President................................................Russell McFadden 505-753-6782 Vice President.... ....................................Connie Brunkow 217-431-8972 Treasurer... ............................................ .David Samuelson 651-454-4174 Secretary..........................................................Cindy Scott 719-594-9974 .................................3655 Cragwood Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Board of Directors: Class of 2010: ....... ...Christine Hopperstad, Donna Lynch, Patience Renzulli, David Samuelson Class of 2011……….Lisa Costello, Cindy Scott Class of 2012: …….Connie Brunkow, Russ McFadden, Kay Nierengarten

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AWC COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Archives .........................................................Bo Bengtson 805-646-3151 Health................. Drs. Connie Austin, Connie Brunkow, Lisa Costello Futurity ..........................................................Kathy Slater 618-585-4677 Judge’s Education...........................................Mary Dukes 704-843-7195 Membership .......................................... Kay Nierengarten 218-729-8003 Parade of Honors ............................ Alice VandenBussche 315-945-2672 Performance Events ............................... Dr. Lisa Costello 815-695-1930 ROM Program............................................ Donna Lynch 508-636-0705 Show................................................................Cindy Scott 719-594-9974 Top Twenty ............................................ Linda Waggoner 541-347-2171 Versatility..................................................John Heffernan 413-369-4399 INDEPENDENT WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS: Whippet Health Foundation ............... Mary Beth Arthur 414-355-4776 Whippet Rescue, WRAP .............Dr. Barbara Henderson 301-490-6598

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Dear Readers, Please notice that the Tucson information page is included again this month and this time it has the author’s last name spelled correctly. Thank you Bob Edison!! — Following are the links to a couple of very interesting articles about dogs. 1. http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Granta-109-

Work/The-Last-Vet/1 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/

science/18dogs.html?src=me&ref=homepage — BIG Congratulations to Lori and Carey Lawrence on their outstanding Group win at Westminster last month with the lovely Chanel handled by Lori Wil-son!!!! — The National Specialty entries have closed and this year Tucson will be graced with well over 500 Whippets, an excellent number for a venue that is a little out of the way for many Whippeteers. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone in just a few weeks time!!!!

National Show Chair Cindy Scott 719-594-9974 brookwood22@comcast.net Eastern Harriett Lee 434-295-4525 hnl4c@virginia.edu Midwest Pat Richey 330-735-2486 sprichey@yahoo.com N. Central David Samuelson 651-454-4174 SamuelsonD@aol.com South Central Nancy Billups 806-381-0601 cloudninewhippets@gmail.com Southern David Howton 770-345-2120 DRWhippet@aol.com Western Pam Magette, 562-598-8717 pmagette@solariswhippets.com AWC SHOW CALENDAR AWC 2010 National Specialty, Tucson Arizona www.awc2010.com April 17th—April 25th Breed Judge Russell McFadden, Futurity Judge Linda John-son (Barchet) AWC 2011 National Specialty, Lexington Ken-tucky, Breed Judge Harriett Nash Lee (Winsmith) Eastern Specialty Friday, 6/04/10 Greater Phila-delphia KC, AWC Support, Breed: Barbara Rupert, Specialty Sweeps: Lew Griffitt; Saturday 6/05/10, Huntingdon Valley KC Eastern Specialty Breed: Donna Lynch; Sunday 6/06/10 - Burlington County KC Support Breed: Gail Boyd, Sweeps: Jenny Boyd South Central Regional Specialty July 3rd held with the Oklahoma KC Cluster, Breed Michael Dougherty, Sweeps Todd Miller (JOMYR). July 4, Lone Star Whippet Club Support, Sweeps Denise Travis, Breed Mrs. Jane Forsyth. AWC Western Regional Specialty Friday, July 30. Breed Judge Allan Pepper from Canada; Sweeps judge is Floyd Gale, Beachbrook Afghans Weekend judges are Mary Lou Harris & Daniel Dowling. Midwest Regional Specialty. Thursday, August 5 Judge Reggie Nesbitt, Friday Judge Connie Alexan-der, Saturday Judge Wendy Gay, Sunday Judge Geir Flykt-Petersen. There will be one Sweepstakes Fri-day evening judged by Crystal McNulty. AWC North Central Specialty held in conjunction with St. Croix Valley Combined Specialties and the St. Croix Valley Cluster. The Specialty is Friday, Au-gust 27, Sweeps Jenny Boyd, Breed Lori Nel-son. AWC Support Saturday, August 28, Sweeps Debbie Davenport, Breed Kathy Davenport. October 21-24 Southern Specialty Friday, October 22, Breed Luc Boileau. Specialty on Saturday, October 23, Sweeps: Karen Roberson, Breed Madison Weeks; Sunday, October 24, BreedPatricia Murphy OTHER WHIPPET EVENTS Greater Twin City Whippet Club will support Duluth KC, July 15-18, 2010; Thursday, Judge Denny Mounce; Friday, Judge Everett Dean; Satur-day, Judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman, Sweeps Judge Mary Moran; Sunday, Judge William Bergum. Going Up North Club, July 16-17, lure coursing judges are Kathy Nelson, Jeff Lipps & Kay Nieren-garten. MAWA Specialty Thursday, October 21, Sweeps Rachel Amado, Breed Dr. Robert Indeglia

President’s Message I don’t subscribe to but one of the Whippet email lists. To

be honest I got tired of the excessive negativity that abounds on some of them and this was even before I became a Board mem- ber. Since I haven’t been on or seen the postings from many of the lists in many years, I can’t comment on any particular poster (not that I would in this forum anyway) or set of postings, but rumors flourish. I find it rather amusing and at the same time really sad, that if the rumor mill is correct, most of the blatant negativity aimed at the Board comes from the same small number of individuals who have nothing better to do with their time than find fault with anything positive others are trying to accomplish. However, no one in this same small set of people ever volunteers their time to try to make a positive difference. One individual went so far as to send a message to the National Trophy Chair stating that in protest to something the Board had done said individual would not be donating anything to the trophy fund this year. How this is supposed to hurt the Board is beyond me. In reality this attitude expressed by an AWC member affects the National which is supposed to be the showcase for our breed and the Club in general not the Board specifically. Truth be known, this particular individual has not donated anything to the National Trophy fund for years but for whatever reason felt it necessary to try to make the Board feel responsible for the lack of a donation for this year. How sad is that?

An issue that was brought up on the one email list to which I do subscribe was that regarding social networking on the internet with sites like Facebook on which AKC approved judges may have membership. The big question here being just how involved with other people’s dogs should a judge be before AKC steps in and says, “You’ve gone too far.” Personally, as an approved judge, I don’t comment on any person’s dogs other than those that I know will never be shown to me. But that doesn’t mean I am not going to interact with the people I’ve known for years (and some cases decades) on Facebook where I do have an account. My feeling is that when I’m standing in the center of the show ring deciding placements then I am an AKC judge and must conduct myself accordingly. However, when I am sitting at home in front of my computer (or in any other place that is not the center of the ring) I am just any other ordinary citizen. In my opinion, being an AKC approved judge does require knowing how and when to be judicious but it shouldn’t require giving up friends and living like a hermit.

I woke up to find that six to eight inches of snow had fallen overnight. I know Spring doesn’t officially start for a few days but I am very tired of the snow and cold. Warm, or at least warmer, weather would be a very nice change even if just for a few days. Hopefully, the weather in Tucson next month will be perfect.

Until next time, be safe, take care, and have fun with your Whippets. Russell

WRAP Report: Bullet's Shot at Happiness

By Brigitte Greenberg

For a 13-year-old stray fawn brindle and white Whippet who weighed all of 14 pounds when he was brought into the shelter,

there was not much hope. In all likelihood the starving boy would be put down. No one could possibly claim him or want him. Yet there was one glimmer of hope, the discovery of a microchip. The staff at Young Williams Animal Shelter in Knoxville, Tennessee, performed their due diligence in con-tacting the person listed as his owner. She had loved him dearly but given him up many years before. A former breeder, she had relinquished Bullet, as well as her other dogs, cats and horses after an accident left her disabled, her marriage broke up, and she lost her house and property to foreclosure. Before she moved a thousand miles away, she had turned Bullet over to a rescue group, which had found a home for him. Where that former owner is nobody knows. But there was Bullet, a starving stray in need of a miracle. The shelter contacted the former owner, who got in touch with Labs and All Breed Rescue (LABR) to intervene. The plan was to send Bullet back to the breeder through a net-work of rides, but in the meantime, someone would have to foster him. He wasn't doing well at the noisy shelter. A LABR volunteer contacted a friend, Heather Rial, to see if she wouldn't mind taking care of the old Whippet during the two-week quarantine period. “When I was handed the dog, my mouth dropped. This dog was medium size but only weighed barely 14 pounds, so thin, every bone showing, and large, open and bleeding tumors on his back leg and groin area,” Rial said. “I thought, `What am I going to do with this dog?' I could not imagine the boy being on a transport as injured as he was. I knew this would take longer.” What she didn't count on was falling in love with him. He was in such poor condition, though, and needed surgery for the tumors, which were cancerous. The LABR volunteer con-tacted Whippet Rescue and Placement (WRAP) President Barbara Henderson and WRAP assisted with the costs of the surgery. Bullet was then transported to Dr. Henderson in Maryland for a second surgery to remove many tumors. “Whippet Rescue had saved him. I cannot thank them or Dr. Henderson enough for their kindness and concern. His health and recovery are due to the Whippet Rescue’s gener-osity,” Rial said. He recovered quickly and is now a permanent resident of Rial's home back in Tennessee, sleeping in her bed under the covers. “This dog is like an angel,” she said. “It's like he's lived here his whole life.” He also has had a remarkable impact on Rial's mother, who is a cancer patient and came to live with Rial about the same time that Bullet did. “Bullet turned out to not only be a source of comfort but a catalyst for her. She wanted to paint his portrait and had

not painted in years,” Rial said. “Bullet inspired her. He was her muse.” The portrait is of Bullet with his most precious toy, a lamb hand puppet that had been a birthday gift to Rial but that he had claimed as his own. “He has spent hours and hours grooming that little lamb, sleeping on it, or just holding it with both paws,'' she said. “The lamb is still 100 percent intact, not a single thing has been chewed off it.” Rial reports that after nine months in her home, Bullet is still doing well, bright, energetic, mischievous and sweet, that he loves her other dogs and sometimes sleeps next to her smallest cat. “He is still chasing squir-rels at 13 years old, still gallops up the hill to bark at the neighbor’s dog, and still acts like a young dog,” Rial said. “I cannot imagine life without him. I am a forever Whip-pet lover!” For information on how you can adopt a Whippet in the Rescue program, please visit the WRAP website at www.whippet-rescue.com where you will find a list of Whippets who need homes. If you cannot adopt, please consider making a donation to WRAP. Donations can be mailed to WRAP Treasurer Jean Schroeder at 17502 S. 750 W. Wanatah, IN 46390. Adoptions for the month: Mary Riker of MI adopted Sarge; Leo and Elizabeth O'Connor of NJ adopted Ne-vada; Stacie Remy of CO adopted Abby; Brooke Rauden-rush of CA adopted Flaca; Steven and Laura Lemke of IL adopted Hazer; Elizabeth Morken of IN adopted Hattie; Mary Burton and Kriss Lare of MI adopted Precious and Cubby; Kenny and Tresia Critser of KY adopted Junior; Rose Mendola of MI adopted Tucker; Sandra Eisen of IL adopted Libby; and Shelli Meyer of WI adopted Brett. Thank you to the following people for making dona-tions: Gary and Lynn Quick $25 in tribute to Bob Edison and John Jarvis; $250 from BP Fabric of America Fund from the suggestion of Doug Broadfoot. They contribute to organizations recommended by their employees for organizations across America that work to improve peo-ple's lives; Dr. Barbara Henderson $50 in memory of "Smooch" SBIS Ch. Cloud Nine Kiss This; Petco $206.88 donated for the time given by Robyn Vogt and daughter Ali at pictures with Santa; Tonsina Whippets $100.

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Pictured clockwise: Dianne with puppies Jan 2010, Drake and Saffron on the cover in 1991, SBIS Ch Festiva’s Knickerbocker ROM, andSBIS Ch Oxford Tobell Fire and Ice

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Presentation of Oxford Whippets Dianne Bowen, Chula Vista, CA www.oxfordwhippets.com Introduction by Iva Kimmelman, Merci Isle Dianne Bowen has proven to be one of my best experiences in dogs. We met in the early 70's, and grew up in the breed together. Not only does she "still" give me credit, (or is it blame?) for discovering Whippets, to this day, she also makes me proud with the nonstop quality she creates. Dianne came into Whippets with dog knowledge already installed from her St. Bernard breeding program, and pretty quickly became wildly successful in Whippets, some of it most certainly through her association with Deann Christianson, another one of our contemporary "pillars" of the breed. Although they have gone in different directions, there is still that consistency that one would expect from someone with vision. I am pleased to see Dianne given a chance to share some of her secrets with us. Interview by Eva Engvall, Tangens On a sunny January day, I went to see Dianne Bowen. She has the smallest Whippet kennel imaginable: right now two spayed females and a litter of puppies. She has lived in her house on Oxford Street for a long time. No wonder she likes it there, as the house is close to the beach and everything else, immaculate and cozy, with three nice dog yards, and a special area for puppies. Here are my questions for Dianne: How did you get into Whippets?

My first main breed was Saint Bernard, and I had those when my kids were small; my daughter was born in 1962, and the kids were young when I got the dog. The kids grew up and used to hang on to the tail of the dogs to stand up.

After I was involved in a car accident and hurt my back and could no longer take the Saints down to the beach and jog them in the sand, I needed a breed that was a bit more active and could exercise itself. To anything my vet suggested my response was: “oh no, I couldn’t live with that – that barks too much”. We had formed an all breed club here in San Diego, which is still very active: Del Sur Kennel Club. One of the club members, Diane French, decided to breed her Whippet that she had gotten from Iva Cottrell (now Kimmelman) of Merci Isle Whippets. The Whippet was bred and had 13 puppies!!! Diane French had no clue as to what to do with all the puppies, so Iva and I went over to do what we could: shots, worming, I helped bottle feed, and this poor, ugly Whippet puppy decided he was my best friend. Iva had been after me to get out of Saints: “you need to get a dog that is not quite so costly; you need one of these Whippets”, but I said: “too skinny, I don’t like them”. But in the end, I took this pathetic fawn brindle puppy dog home to be my buddy. Iva had deemed him to be a pet. However, when he was about 1.5 years, my daughter said “that is a pretty nice looking dog; maybe you should show him”. I did. Merci Isle Back In A Flash got his first major in Santa Barbara the weekend of the Western Hound Specialty. That’s what got me into Whippets.

How did you continue from there? I decided before Flash was finished that he needed a

friend. I contacted Donna Lukasky, Spectre kennel. I got “Wendy” (Ch Spectre Wind Chime) from Donna. I just decided I wanted a little bitch. She finished, very fast, and I ended up breeding her to Ch. Runners He’s A Con-tinental ROMX. That breeding produced several nice pup-pies who finished their championships. Before I could breed Wendy again, she met a very untimely death that still haunts me today. I went looking for another bitch and met up with Deann Christianson, who had Wendy’s sister, Spectre Chalcedony. Deann had a litter with a lovely lemon fawn and white bitch, Saffron (Ch Chelsea Saffron ROMX). I fell in love with her, but Lee wouldn’t part with Saffron, because she was his pet. Instead, I ended up getting a daughter of hers, Ch Chelsea Decep-tion (Ch Chelsea Legerdemain X Saffron). I finished her but never bred her. I then leased Saffron from Deann, and we bred her to Whippoorwill Moonstone and kept her offspring “Drake” (Ch Chelsea Drakkar of Oxford) and “Dovie” (Ch Oxford Paloma of Chelsea)

After leasing Saffron from Deann, Deann said “you may keep her”. And I did until she died; in fact her ashes are up here. She was the most wonderful bitch; she was an alpha bitch – she was boss – everybody knew she was in charge – I hope nobody will take her place, because it is really nice to not have somebody who wants to be dominant.

Now, it is 1980 something, and I am really hooked on Whippets!

What is your ideal Whippet? Have Whippets

changed? They have changed, which is a good thing. My focus

is on temperament; that’s got to be one of the most im-portant things. Like the sire of my current litter, Ashton (Ch Starline’s Sovereign). He was brought over here be-cause a puppy buyer wanted to see him. We turned Ashton loose in the yard and he thought the puppies were the most wonderful thing. Health is the big issue. I don’t get all freaked out about the eyes and the deaf-ness, because those are very minimal, but heart is impor-tant. Anything bred should be totally health tested.

In terms of looks: Top line. Many people don’t under-stand it. Obviously a lot of judges don’t. A bad top line can ruin the whole shape of the breed, in terms of where the break in the top line is. And the hardest thing is to say: “what is this puppy’s top line going to look like as an adult?” Fronts! I sell all my puppies with bad fronts as pets. People don’t understand the layback of shoulders, length of upper arm. A dog with a straight front and a weak rear can have beautiful movement. They may have reach and drive because they are balanced - two faults cancel each other out. A dog with a good front but a weak rear will not have good movement. You don’t want to see a dog that is over angulated in the rear, even though it looks pretty. Our standard stresses moderate.

The last thing I look at is head. It is wonderful to have a beautiful head with pretty eyes. It is important, because the standard says “large dark eye”. Would I throw away a dog that needed eyes? No. I am fortunate to have had pretty eyes.

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What Improvements have you seen? Have we lost any-thing?

Temperament is much better! I don’t think we have lost anything. Looking back at what was shown back when I started, go to Whippet Archives! Oh my gosh! See what we started with. And obviously, we wanted them to change.

When I got into the breed there was a particular bitch that was very pretty. Rosemary Sutton owned her; her name was Sum-merwind Sheer Energy. She was beautiful, and I said to myself: “if I can only have something like her”!

What do you think about dog shows, show business and

showmanship? I love dog shows and feel the art of breeding should be

rewarded in the show ring. I prefer going to specialties as opposed to all breed shows, as the breeder judges understand our breed better.

Showmanship: important, but not too important. When we showed Saint Bernards, they were just big working dogs, and if you thought of where they came from, you would just take them out, dirt and all, and show. Whippets to me are like a poor man’s race horse – they are elegant, they got class, they got style, and it is not that hard to show that off. Showmanship is not the utmost thing, but it does help. And it is not hard. For years I didn’t show my own dogs, I hired handlers. Kim Tucker got involved with me because she is a handler and I needed someone to handle a lovely Saint Bernard puppy, Ch Oxford Dolcey of Santa Fe. Kim and her hus-band Tim and I became good friends and have lots of wonderful memories. Dolcey lived with Kim and Tim until her death and we still miss her. Kim decided to breed Ch Frisbies Love at First Sight to my Ch Surrey Hills Strike the Gold JC ROM. That produced Ch Tobells Oxford On Tour “Holly”, who turned out to be a wonderful producer.

Now I am back to showing myself. I even teach handling classes!

What are your thoughts about the future of Whippets? Personally, I am not sure how many more years I will con-

tinue. I was hoping to find someone considerably younger who could continue and be able to work with me. I want to travel in my motor home, so I don’t want to have a lot of dogs. Whippets don’t do well in a huge pack. They are not pack animals; they get into trouble. It’s not fair, they are not kennel dogs, and there is a limit to how many can sleep in bed with you. I do intend to continue on. I am keeping a puppy out of this present litter, because I love the mother “Dorie” (Ch Oxford Tobell Jadore For Rowes) so much. When I did the breeding it was with the intention to keep a puppy out of it.

A lot depends on the breedings that are going on; some of it is pretty scary. One thing I find very interesting: people’s opinion about a line breeding is so loose it is incredible. If there are dogs in the pedigree 5 generations back with the same kennel name, they consider that to be a line breeding. If you don’t line breed, you could have 8 puppies and none of them look the same – How would you know what to keep?

With Saint Bernards, breeding for type was first on the list. If they didn’t look like Saint Bernards, forget it. The parent club was criticized when they re-did the standard, because there are about three pages on the head. But it was the most difficult part of the dog. When you get into working dogs, it is a big difference –

they are all designed for a reason. Whippets just run and sit on the couch. Yes, they have to be functional. I think the Whippet breeders today are focusing on breed type, and I don’t know that they did it in the past.

Bringing in foreign blood may be a good idea. You have to look at it from two aspects. Obviously, it will be an outcross, so you will need to take a tightly bred dog to do it with. And the foreign dog you breed to has to look like what you are breeding. We have talked about bringing in foreign blood, but not to the point of doing it. If I would do it, I would contact some of the people who have gotten our dogs and breed into theirs: Molly Rule-Steele, kennel Taejaan in Australia; Pat Miller, kennel Woodsmoke in Canada; or Pat and Frank Pieterse, kennel Statuesque in Aus-tralia.

How many Whippets do you keep? Max of four or five Whippets at one time. I

never wanted to have a lot of them. I co-own many. I don’t do much co-breeding. I co-breed with Lori Law-rence and the people who have Dorie, the mother of this litter. That was part of our agreement, but as soon as Dorie was sick of the puppies she was sent home. Which is an ideal way to do it. I have the joys of raising the puppies, of watching the puppies grow, but lets me out of owning another dog. I wanted to keep a Dorie puppy, because they go back to my old dogs, “Striker” (Ch Surrey Hill’s Strike the Gold JC ROMX) and “Knick” (Ch Festiva’s Knickerbocker ROMX) both are dogs I think are important to a pedi-gree, because of what they offer the breed. This is the only way I was going to get it.

Food and conditioning? I feed good kibble and cottage cheese and

some raw – as far as conditioning, I just turn them loose in the yard. For shows, I take them out with my scooter, a lot easier than running, to teach them tim-ing for show. Whippets don’t need a lot of condition-ing. If they are crated all day, that is a whole different situation.

Name some of your favorite dogs of your own

breeding as well as bred by others. Let’s start with the dogs I have bred. The first

one is Ch Chelsea Drakkar of Oxford FC ROMX, “Drake”. No breeder can take credit for what they have done or produced on their own. I have had great collaborators. Mine, Deann Christianson and Lori Law-rence have produced many great dogs – and other breeders contributed. When I leased Ch Chelsea Saf-fron to breed to Whippoorwill Moonstone ROM, who went back to a lot of Whippoorwill dogs, the front as-sembly is where I think both Deann and I benefited the most. Moonstone had never been used before we bred Saffron. After Deann and I bred to him, other people started to use him, and he got his ROM even-tually. He was 10 or 11 when we bred to him. He

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ended up dying a tragic death from snakebites. Drake had a huge impact on the breed. Deann took

him out to show the fancy that you can breed dilutes and do it successfully and accomplish something. You can win with di-lutes. He was a magnificent red dog. He was just beautiful and did a lot for our breed thanks to co-breeder and co-owner Deann Christianson. We set out to do a photo of Drake and Sissy for the 1991 issue of Sight Hound Review with the help of Dara Loper and Kari McDonald. I don’t think we will ever forget the fun we had. We crawled on the back of golf courses and tried to find the ideal place to make the picture interesting.

Ch Oxford Passion, Drake’s sister, a very beautiful bitch. She produced! She was really sound but not very glamor-ous. I co-owned her with Katie Rudolph. Katie had bought a Whippet for her daughter, Kellie, who was about 8 years old at the time. Kelly called me one day and said: “you got to get my mom a dog, she is stealing my puppy”. I had this little bitch, Passion. Her nose didn’t quite fill in, but I thought she was really pretty. I ended up letting Katie take her and she was bred to Ch Locar’s Martini On The Rocks ROMX to produce Fes-tiva’s Knickerbocker. We also bred her to Ch Surrey Hill Strike The Gold JC ROMX and finished almost all the puppies in that litter. It was a really good breeding. 0ther people have gone on with the offspring and done well.

SBIS Ch Oxford Tobell Fire and Ice “Ella”, bred by myself and Kim Tucker and owned by Charlotte Lee. I am very proud of her accomplishments, including Best in Futurity at the 2006 National and BOB at the 2008 National. I am also very proud of her sister Ch Oxford Tobell Jadore for Rows, who I co-own with Charles and Jackie Rowen. I now have this won-derful litter out of her born November 2009.

Ch Oxford N Starseekers Guiding Light “Nash” bred by Dianne Bowen, was number one dog and number two Whippet in 2008.

SBIS Ch Festiva’s Knickerbocker ROM bred by Katie Rudolf and myself and owned by Kate and Kelly Rudolph. “Knick” proved himself, and we are all still benefiting from his great qualities.

Ch Chelsea Where There Is Smoke SC ROMX, bred by Deann Christianson and Joan Damion. I would not be where I am today without Smoke. A big thank you to Deann for breeding him.

Ch Starline Reign On ROMX has done incredible things for the breed, such as the temperament the class and style that he puts on dogs. For Lori, as an Arab person, class and style were obviously important to her. Reign’s mother (insert) was beautiful, porcelain, elegant. Lori selected the sire of Reign (insert) to make her qualities sounder. Lori said: “I don’t want to drown out her qualities, but I need more sub-stance”. She knew what she was doing; knowing what I know now, it wasn’t luck. The two of us have worked well together and I have enjoyed her friendship.

I see more of the value of what I have incorporated into my program now, than what we saw in the beginning. The sire of the present litter, Ashton, is out of Reign. Ten years ago would I have bred to Reign? – No. I didn’t have the right bitches to breed to him. Reign is still being used.

These are dogs that I feel have made a great impact

on our breed and my breeding program: Ch Surrey Hill’s Houston FCh ROMX

(Whippoorwill Moonstone x Whippoorwill Surrey; breed-ers Caroline Bowers and Karen Lee)

Ch Surrey Hill’s Strike The Gold ROM (Ch Gold Dust’s Joint Venture x Ch Allerei’s Ain’t Misbehavin FC; breeders Carolyn Bowers and Karen Lee) did a lot for my breeding program; he produced very smooth elegant Whippets.

Whippoorwill Moonstone ROMX (Misty Moor’s Thornwood Dondi x Lady Blair of Whippoorwill; breeder Barbara Henderson)

Ch Sunbeam Rembrandt of Endeavor JC ROM (Ch Chelsea Where There is Smoke x Ch Starline’s Purple Reign) bred by Dani Jacobson and Linda Stewart. I am also very proud to have been the co-breeder with Lori Lawrence of Ch Starline’s Chanel, breed and group winner at the Westminster Kennel Club show 2010. Working with Lori Lawrence has been a great pleasure. We both are very proud of what our little girl has accom-plished.

Do you have any advice for new people in the

breed? It is important for new people to be mentored.

They should take advice from people who have been do-ing it for a long time. They should buy a dog from the breeder who has been successful in the breed and let the breeder educate them. You can’t read everything in books. I can tell you some breedings that didn’t work. You also can’t find in a book the best way to raise them. It is important to be mentored by someone who not only produced puppies that look good but also behaved well.

In Saint Bernards, nobody would share anything with you. I find the Whippet people very different.

I tend to prefer to sell to someone new. I don’t do it because I want to control; I do it because I really want to see somebody, especially somebody young, do it right. The gal who got the fawn and white bitch out of this litter, she has had the puppy for two weeks, and she has called every day to ask questions. And when she picked up the puppy, she stayed at the house for three days. When people get my puppies, I want to know them.

Anything you would like to add? Producing good Whippets does not happen over

night. You must find the dogs you like and research where they came from and work with as many old time breeders as possible to finally get to where you want to be. I thank Iva Kimmelman for producing my very first Whippet that got me hooked on the wonderful breed. I especially want to thank Deann Christianson and Carolyn Bowers and Karen Lee for producing dogs for me to go forward with. I also want to give a special thanks to Lori and Carey Lawrence who are a very important part of my current breeding program.

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Welcome to Arizona's Second Largest City By Bob Edison, Del Oro Whippets Located in the Southwest United States, in Southern Arizona, Tucson is one of the oldest, continually inhabited areas in North America. Hohokam Indians lived and farmed here for 4,000 years before Span-ish missionaries and soldiers arrived in the late 1600s. These "newcomers" established the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson and the Mission San Xavier del Bac in the 1700s; the two most iconic and historic structures in the region. "Old Pueblo," as the adobe-walled Tucson Presidio became known, is a nick-name that is used for Tucson to this day. Tucson officially was founded on August 20, 1776-an event celebrated every year at Tucson's birthday party, La Fiesta de San Agustín. Though once part of Mexico, Tucson officially became part of the United States in 1854. Soon after, cat-tle ranchers, settlers, miners, and Apache Indians began to clash, thus beginning the famously docu-mented Wild West era of 1860-1880. With the Southern Pacific Railroad's arrival in 1880, Tucson's mul-ticultural roots grew as new residents adopted customs of the Tohono O'odham Indians and Mexicans living here. In 1877, the city was incorporated, making Tucson the oldest incorporated city in Arizona. Tucson is now the second-largest city in Arizona after Phoenix, the state capital; it is also the county seat of Pima County, which includes the towns of Marana, Oro Valley, Catalina, South Tucson, Vail, Sa-huarita, and Green Valley. The Metropolitan Tucson population is more than 1 million; this includes roughly 50,000 students and employees at the University of Arizona, the first university in Arizona, founded in 1885. With an average 350 sunny days and warm dry air, Tucson's climate is ideal for year-round outdoor rec-reation. Tucson is set in a Sonoran Desert valley surrounded by five mountain ranges. A trip from the 2,389-foot valley floor to the 9,157-foot Mt. Lemmon summit along the Catalina Highway-Sky Island National Scenic Byway traverses seven of the world's nine life zones - it's like driving from Mexico to Canada. Tucson is bordered on all sides by natural areas, including Coronado National Forest, Catalina State Park, Ironwood Forest National Monument, and Saguaro National Park-land of the rare, giant sa-guaro cactus. Tucson is also the home of the world famous Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Attendees at this year’s AWC will have the opportunity to “meet” many of the wonderful animals (with their han-dlers) found in this region at one of our evening events. You will also have the opportunity to visit the Desert Museum, at a greatly discounted rate, during your visit to Tucson. Tucson offers one-of-a-kind experiences for visitors interested in outdoor adventure and nature, heri-tage and culture, arts and attractions, golf, and original Southwest-inspired dining. With lodging at ho-tels, resorts, spas, guest ranches, and bed and breakfasts available to please all ages and preferences, Tucson is truly the Real. Natural. Arizona.

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Cate earned her RAE on August 15, 2009 under Judge Ted McCall.

These days you can find Cate on the coursing fields!

"Cate"

Arlen's Red Letter Day, CD, RAE, SCDC Chelsea Made You Look of Sage, SC x Ch. Allerei's Shannon JC (DOB July 3, 2003)

Breeders: Elizabeth Addison, Ellen & Leonard Feldheim and Longlesson

Owners: Faye Head and Ellen Feldheim3642 Stonecreek Dr. ◆ Spring Hill, TN 37174(615) 218-1163 ◆ sterlinghead@peoplepc.com

EUKANUBA DOG FOODS ANNOUNCES THE SERIES OF EUKANUBA BREEDERS STAKES FOR 2010 Eukanuba Dog Foods proudly announces a series of 2010 Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes events. The Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes is an event designed to honor a group of unsung he-roes – the purebred dog breeder. Breeders are the back-bone of the sport, dedicating their lives to planning and pro-ducing generation upon generation of the finest and healthi-est representatives of their breed. The Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes is an event designed to celebrate these noble efforts. This special competition is designed to evaluate an overall breeding program rather than the traditional approach of evaluating a single specimen. Respected expert Breeders will evaluate the breeder’s ability to consistently produce superior dogs of uniform type, health, and conformation - consistent with the breeder’s mission of improving their chosen breed. Each breeder will exhibit 3 dogs from at least 2 litters chosen from their breeding program. The 1st exhibitor must be the breeder of record on all 3 dogs, and all 3 dogs must be over one year old. Breeders will be able to enter on the day of the show.

The future Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes are scheduled for: July 24th- Beaumont Kennel Club, Houston, Texas August 7th-Beaver County Kennel Club, Canfield,

Ohio September 10th-Tuxedo Park Kennel Club, North

Branch, New Jersey

The first event took place in conjunction with the Rose City Classic in Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2010. “It was a truly a Lifetime Highlight and Honor to win Best In Stakes at the inaugural Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes adjudicated by my peers ~The Breeders!”, stated Michelle Santana, Foxfire Do-berman Pinschers, winner of the 2010 Portland Eukanuba Breeders Stakes. Each breeder will receive a gift bag for participating and 4 places in each group will be awarded. Prizes for group place-ments are: 1st - $250.00 and 40 lbs of Eukanuba Dog Food, 2nd thru 4th - $100.00 and 40 lbs of Eukanuba Dog Food. The Group winners will compete for Best In Stakes, which earns an additional $500.00 plus a trip to the December 2010 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach, CA on Dec. 4-5. The Best In Stakes winners of each regional competition will then compete at the AKC Eukanuba National Champion-ship in December, 2010 for the final Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes Champion. This will be an exciting win for this well deserving breeder as they earn the right to compete in the 2010 Eukanuba World Challenge. For more information about the Eukanuba Breeder’s Stakes, please email Vicki Seiler at seiler.va@pg.com or call (513) 622-2967. Regards, Lisa Peterson Director of Communications American Kennel Club lxp@akc.org

A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT THE 2010 AWC NATIONAL SPECIALTY

At the 2009 National Specialty in Atlanta, Bo Bengtson’s Power Point presentation “100 YEARS 100 WHIPPETS” attracted so much attention that he has agreed to present it again at this year’s national. It was originally pre-pared for the 2008 Whippet World Congress in Sweden and was considered one of the high-lights there. It is based on Bo’s older slide shows but has been considerably updated to illustrate how the Whippet has changed from its early days at the turn of the 19th century to the dog we know today. The presentation fea-tures both famous and not-so-famous dogs from England, USA and many other countries and includes some historical illustrations which have never been featured anywhere else. It has been scheduled to be after breed judging on Friday, April 23 before the Top Twenty Competition. This is something you do not want to miss!

ATTENTION!!! VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

On the evening of April 20th in Tucson, at the conclusion of the Cowboy Steak Cook-out, there will be The American Whippet Club Has Talent Show. This year the show will be open to everyone. Your participation is re-quested if you can sing, dance, play an in-strument, tell jokes or do tricks. Everyone is welcome. I should mention that a Karaoke machine will be available for anyone needing music. If you would like to participate in this fun event, please contact me by phone or e-mail. Phone: 707-425-3314. E-mail: Vbalint@att.net The prizes will be for the 2011 National hotel

in Kentucky:

1st Place: 2 complimentary nights at the hotel and 2 meal packages.

2nd Place: 1 complimentary night at the hotel and 1 meal package.

3rd Place: 1 complimentary night at the hotel.

I hope you plan to be a part of this special and memorable event. (and trust me, it WILL BE MEMORABLE.) Jean Balint

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From the AWC Versatility Chair I am pleased announce the Award of Versatility teams for 2009. These dogs and handlers have earned multiple ac-complishments in many different sports. They are wonder-ful examples of our versatile Whippet breed. Congratula-tions to all the winners. A special congratulation goes to Easy and Alice Sowders who earned the rare Champion Award of Versatility awards. See the AWC website for photos of the winners.

http://www.americanwhippetclub.net/awcpages/versatility09.htm

Champion Award of Versatility

Ch Wolfram Ways Rabbit in the Hat RA, CD, SC, CGC “Hatter” Owner: Kristal Couch Email: kristal@krisdanwhippets.com Breeder: Carole Greene Sports: Rally, Obedience, Cours-ing, Conformation, Therapy Dog

Am Can Ch Endeavor’s Reign or Shine JC, CGC, RA, TDI, CD “Shine” Owner: Kathryn Goguen and Lori Lawrence Email: kgoguen@wildblue.net Breeder: Lori Lawrence and Linda Stewart Sports: Obedience, Conformation, Coursing, Rally, Therapy Dog

MBIF DC Lanaken’s Hot Shot Hero CD, RN, SC, FCh, CR, NA, NAJ, TDI, CGC “Gunner” Owner: Karen Planchak Email: lanakenwhp@verizon.net Breeder: Karen Planchak Sports: Obedience, Conformation, Lure Coursing, Racing, Agility, Therapy, Rally

Award of Versatility

Chesara’s Mariki Nerys CD, RE, MC, FCh, VFCh, OTRM2, CR, CGC “Kira” Owner: Joanne Ronning Email: jay-teawhpt@yahoo.com Breeder: Raymond Johnson and Patricia Taylor Sports: Obedience, Lure Coursing, Rally, Racing

MBIF FC Indigo Charged to the Max CD, LCM2, RA, MC, CRX, OTRM, CGC “Charlie” Owner: Lois and Paul Obelcz Email: fastbroke@aol.com Breeder: Ariel Schoenfeld and Carol Huff Sports: Obedience, Lure Coursing, Racing, Rally

Warburton Heart of Steel CD, RN, NA, NAJ, JC, ARX, TRPX, FCh, OTR, CGC “Rivet” Owner: Laurie J. Erickson Email: dogmom246@gmail.com Breeder: Hector Solano, Linda Solano, Terrie Runyons, Patience Renzulli Sports: Obedi-ence, Rally, Agility, Lure Coursing, Racing

UGRCH, UACH, UR01, Tnt’s La Femme Nikita, CD, MC, LCM, V-FCH, AX, AXJ, NAP, NJP, RA, CGC, TT “Nikki” Owner: Roberta Lutz Email: lutzsei@aol.com Breeder: Donna & M Larry Richards and Robin Horner Sports: Obe-dience, Coursing, Agility, Rally

John Heffernan AWC Versatility Chairman

AWC Website Additions

I have added some more historical documents to the American Whip-pet Club archives sections. Some great newsletters which were donated by Don Frames over the past year. There are many others that will be added over the coming months as well. The newsletters added were from April 1958, and five issues from 1963. If you are going to read the 1963 newsletters, it would be great to go back and familiarize yourself with the two issues which were already published on the site from 1962 as most of the newsletters from 1963 are a carry over of a major con-troversy within the club and make for some great reading. I hope to have the 1964-1967 newsletters published over the next few months. I feel sure most of you will find these to be some of the most interesting pieces of history posted yet.

(http://www.americanwhippetclub.net/history/historypages/whippetnewsletters.htm)

David Howton

SHOW CHAIR REPORT By the time you read this the entries will have closed for the National. Tucson here we come! Once again Bo Bengtson will be presenting a slide show on 100 years of Whippets and there is more info on this elsewhere in this newsletter. GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS I belong to a local judges group and went to a presentation this past week about the Grand Championships that AKC is going to start offering on May 12 of this year. MANY questions have surrounded this new title that you can achieve. I will spell out how this works and please feel free to contact me if you have questions. If I don’t have the answer, I will get it for you. This program was the result of requests from the dog community to have more titles for conformation events since Obedience, Rally, Agility and Lure Coursing have multiple titles. Only Champions of record can achieve a Grand Championship and it is strictly up to the judge as to whether he/she awards these points. These awards are given at the same time as Best of Breed, Best of Win-ners and Best of Opposite sex are determined although Best of Winners is not eligible even if they finished that day. Remember it must be a champion of record. The judge may choose to give his/her Best of Breed and/or Best of Opposite the Grand Championship points. They may also award these points to one other dog and one other bitch that are competing for Best of Breed. These are called Select Awards. Any class winner that is going on to compete for Best of Breed may also be considered. In the AWC case it would be a lure coursing dog and bitch or a racing dog and bitch. Veteran winners are also eligible. Here is the sticky part. The judge will have no idea if the winners of these classes is a champion or not and cannot ask the steward. If the judge awards Grand Champion points to one of these dogs and they are not a champion, the award will be taken away after the records are re-viewed at AKC. I, personally, don’t like this part AT ALL. Points are determined similarly to how it is done in the regular classes and the same point scale for your state is used for calculating. Example: In Colorado it takes 8 dogs or 10 bitches for a 3 point major. Let’s say you have 6 dogs and 8 bitches entered in the regular classes. If you take Best of Breed with a male special and Grand Champion points are awarded to you and there are 4 male specials you add those to 8 which gives you 12 and you would receive a 3 point major in GC points. To attain the Grand Championship title you are required to have 25 points with a minimum of 9 points won at 3 shows with ratings of 3 or more points (Major wins) under three different judges, and one or more of the balance of points won under a 4th judge. At least one Champion of Record must be defeated at three of these shows.

Thank You To WHF Donors — Rebecca Dunn $25.00 OKI Gazehound Org. $500.00 Bobbi and Fred Lutz $35.00

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Snow Hill Beatrix Soul Delight JC(Ch Crossing The Rubicon De Sud SC x Ch Snow Hill Mind, Body & Soul JC)

Owner & Handler william dvOrak

Breeder/CO-Owner SuSanne HugHeS, dvmSnOw Hill wHippetS

Best of Breed, Corpus Christi Kennel Club, January 16, 2010.

Thank You, Judge Garry K. Newton.

flash: At the Guadalupe Valley DF on Saturday February 21st, we took Group 3 under Judge Murrel Purkhiser, with BOB under Judge Jon R. Cole.

“Miss Trixie Delight”

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Top Ten Performance Whippets: 2009

These three reports round out our final Top 20 lists for 2009. Congratulations to all dogs and owners! AKC Obedience Top Twenty 2009 1. 194.17 Dreams Charm Me P Younger 2. 194.17 Warburton Heart Of Steel L Erickson 3. 194 ` Midori Days De Sud I Mullauer 4. 191.06 Devereux The Sweetest Thing T Lerner/M Lake 5. 191 Ima Leda’s Loving Swan B Stockard 6. 190.6 Alouette Rdrunner Mucho Dinero E Adler 7. 190.13 Seaspell’s Concord Point J Heffernan/D heffernan 8. 188 Northwind Top Speed Travlr De Sud C Foss-Tietz/K Nierengarten 9. 186.33 Longlesson Turtle Dove L kennel/S Peak/M &L Price 10. 184.5 Notorious Poeta Omg Fudge V Jackson 11. 184.38 Bitterblue’s Nestor L Garwacki/P Garwacki 12. 183.83 Mariki Kalico Lets Get Physical G Gramarossa/M Gramarossa 13. 182.83 Marial’s Mishicot Wild Indian D Borton 14. 182.25 Whippoorwill Mystic A Andrews/B Henderson 15. 182 AAA Spike El Kandahar L Hayes/S Hayes 16. 181.67 Lanaken’s Hot-Shot Hero K Planchak 17. 180.5 Kindred Hopes And Dreams I Scalone/B Malick 18. 180.25 Wildaspen’s Letz Do Th’ Wild Thang H Badgett/T Brumbaugh 19. 177.5 Indigo Charged To The Max L Obelcz/P Obelcz 20. 177.33 Kentruth Famous Grouse L Duffy 177.33 Kinvara Victory Of Endeavor G Vanderford/L Stewart AKC Rally Top Twenty 2009 1. 99.33 Midori Days De Sud I Mullauer 2. 98.75 Mirage’s Accidents Happen C Odom 3. 98.4 Sunsation So B It At Karamac C Mcdermott 4. 98.33 Surrey Hill’s Ripon Jewel K Lee/K Fredericks/L Anichini 98.33 Northwind’s Echo Of Poetry K Nierengarten/I Mullauer 6. 98 Longlesson Turtle Dove L Kennel/S Peak/M Price/L Price 7. 97.67 Wheatland Talltree L Hayes/S Hayes 97.67 Jammin’ Gunpowder A McNiven/L Wilks/S Heiniger 9. 97 Surrey Hill Petaluma L Duffy 10. 96 Chesco Man On The Run L Armstrong 96 Alouette Rdrunner Mucho Dinero E Adler 12. 95.67 Warburton Ww Southern Skies L Erickson/P Renzulli 13. 95.33 Belaya Silver Thistle C Gillies 14. 95.24 Mirage’s Here By Accident C Odom 15. 95 Shamasan Smokin’ Magic M Shanley 16. 94.67 Sporting Field Just Deal With It E Feldheim 17. 94.33 Ima Leda’s Loving Swan B Stockard 18. 94 Krislyn Debmar Just A Dream C Pearce/R Pearce/R Sipper/D Bahm 19. 93.67 TCS Zoomerang A McNiven 20. 93.375 Lucy Andrews A Andrews

Dream’s Charm Me, CD, RA, FCh, JC #1 AKC Obedience 2009

Midori Days de Sud, CD, FCh, RN #1 AKC Rally 2009

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Elektra Tears of a Clown Kentfield, RCh, ORC, CC, CM #1 NOFCA 2009

NOFCA Top Twenty 2009 Breed Mixed Total Points 1. Versace Brown/Woolf 236 16.66 252.66 2. Pagliacci Woolf/ Brown 88.5 45 133.5 3. Gabbana Brown/Woolf 63 70 133 4. Linus Keating 64 50 114 5. Bunny Remm/Griffin 23.25 76 99.25 6. EZ Burt 85 0 85 7. Woody Jones 32.5 31.66 64.16 8. Marcus Burlingame 47.5 0 47.5 9. Bolero De Long 0 36 36 10. Fennec Cagney/Mackey 7.5 24 31.5 11. Cymba Burt 30 0 30 12. Van Go Burlingame 27.5 0 27.5 13. Datura Heiniger/Woolf 25.5 0 25.5 14. Andy Cutherell/Burlingame 20 0 20 15. Ember Mackey 9.5 10 19.5 16. Raglan De Long 3 7.5 10.5 17. Dude Wilks 0 7.5 7.5 18. Flea Behnke 7.5 0 7.5 19. Byelobog Lyons 6 0 6 20. Cochiti Salts 5 0 5

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christine hopperstad, editor130 34th ave eseattle Wa 98112

henry dreaming of all the girls at the National!!photo by cJ Foxx