Heartland
Bernese
Mountain
Dog Club
Berner Briefs
January/February 2007
Happy New Year!
Welcome to a brand new year! I hope that 2007 brings many healthy and happy days for you and
yours.
Let me take this time to encourage you to participate in the
upcoming Heartland events. From
tracking to drafting to conformation to socializing, we have it all!
There are new and exciting days ahead…there is so much to do
in the next few months with your Berner.
Keep in touch with the Berner
Briefs, and I hope that we see you very soon!
-
Your President
Dues are Due Soon!
Annual HBMDC dues are due very soon, so please submit your
membership renewals. These funds help
us to keep the integral parts of this club functioning.
Dues notices will be sent by email very soon by our
membership chair, Penny Pollock-Barnes.
In addition to the individual reminders, we have attached a dues renewal
reminder at the end of this issue of the Berner
Briefs.
Annual Awards
That’s right! It is
that time of year again – time to honor your Berner buddy with the recognition
that he or she deserves.
If your Berner earned a title in 2006, please read the
Awards Application form at the end of this issue of the Berner Briefs.
Draft Test!!
Great news! The
Heartland Bernese Mountain Dog Club has received official BMDCA approval to
host our annual back-to-back draft tests in 2007!
The test dates will be on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May
26 and Sunday May 27.
The draft tests will be held at the same site as last year –
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt in Maxwell, Iowa.
The park is a wonderful dog-friendly area with lots to offer – trails,
pond, river, playgrounds, camping, and a building with full amenities.
We have two wonderful draft test judges who will be officiating
at this year’s draft tests, Peggy Granger from Wisconsin and Valerie Horney
from Colorado. We are very excited and
lucky to have them!
Plan to attend the draft tests and witness our glorious
Berners in their natural capacity – pulling a draft cart. Plan also to attend the general club meeting
to be held on Saturday, May 26 at the conclusion of the day’s test.
We can always use more volunteers to assist with the
test! Volunteering to be a draft
steward is a great way to learn more about draft tests and the inner-workings
of the working relationship between handler and dog.
You can find more information on the draft test on the
Heartland Club’s website very soon at www.HBMDC.org,
You can contact the Draft Test Chairperson, Jessica Briggle
at DreamfieldsBMD@msn.com or
515-984-6798, or the Draft Test Secretary, Kathy Berge at KathyDVM@aol.com or 515-262-8535 for more
information, or to request a copy of the premium list.
Mark Your Calendar!
The Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Southeastern Wisconsin is
hosting its 7th and 8th annual back-to-back regional
specialties in Franklin, Wisconsin. The
dates for the shows are Friday, March 2nd and Saturday, March 3rd,.
This has historically been a great set of shows to
attend. This year promises to be no
different. The show hosts conformation,
obedience and rally on both days, with puppy and veteran sweepstakes on
Saturday.
The BMDCSEW has three esteemed breeder-judges judging
conformation events. Mrs. Lisa Ebnet
and Ms. Sara Karl are judging breed on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Ms. Missy Wright will be judging sweepstakes
on Saturday.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the breed,
catch up with old friends and meet new ones.
You can find more information, including information on the
host hotel and premium list on the BMDCSEW website at www.bmdcsew.org, or you can contact the show
secretary, Mark Milligan at bonmead@netnet.net
or (920) 822-8174.
The National Specialty is coming…gear up to “Show for the Roses!”
The Bernese Mountain
Dog Club of America is holding its annual national specialty in Louisville,
Kentucky this year. The show dates are
May 7 through May 12, 2007.
The national
specialty plays host to a wide variety of undertakings, including tracking, drafting, conformation, obedience,
agility and herding, just to name a few.
The national
specialty is a fantastic opportunity to witness the Berner in every venue they
are capable of performing in.
The week also
provides an in-depth study on the breed through such things as Berner
University and keynote speakers. There
will be health clinics available for Berners in attendance – you can have your
dog CERF’d, have his heart screened and certified via a cardiologist, you can
submit DNA for von Willebrand’s screening, etc.
And the shopping…my
goodness the shopping….
ALL in the superb
Louisville, Kentucky, home of the longest-running sporting event in America’s
history – the famous Kentucky Derby!
Perhaps you would like to come a day early and watch the famous race in
person???
You can find more information about the show at http://www.bmdca.org/specialty/2007/index.php,
including a current Planning Booklet that describes each and every event
available for the attendee to take part in or watch. You will also find two fliers at the end of this edition of the Berner Briefs regarding Berner
University and herding events at the national.
So, consider joining the HBMDC membership contingent at the
national this year – you won’t be disappointed!
***Please remember that BMDCA rules require that ALL Berners
entered in events where titles can be earned MUST have a DNA ID on file with
the American Kennel Club. More specific
information on this requirement can be found on the specialty website***
Upcoming Dog events
There is a
conformation handling seminar coming up soon.
The George Alston Handling Seminar will be held on March 24 and March 25,
2007 at the Westinn Kennels, Everything Under One Woof, 1522 Swantnerville
Drive, Wentzville, MO.
The application and
brochure are on the Jefferson County Kennel Club of Missouri at www.jckc.org
The cost is $150 for
handler with a dog and $75 for an observer.
There are 20 slots
for beginners and 20 for advanced beginners.
Observers are unlimited.
There is also a
canine reproduction seminar on August 11 and August 12, 2007. Dr. Robert Hutchinson will be presenting “Canine
Reproduction and Neonatal Puppy Care” at the Belle City Kennel Club building at
2448 Eastview Drive, Belleville, IL (just east across the river from St. Louis,
MO).
Cost is $160 for both
days. Seminars will run from 8 am – 4
pm. Information can be found on the
kennel club website at www.bellecitykc.org
Looking to Spend Some Hard-Earned Money??
Look no further than
the Heartland Club’s own Ways and Means!
Our own hard-working Ways and Means Chair, Shari Cannon-Mackey, has a
TON of Berner offerings for those of you dying to own a very stylish Berner
sweatshirt or t-shirt, or just about anything else that your heart may
desire. The great items found within
our Ways and Means catalog would make terrific presents for that favorite
Berner lover you know! Please contact
Shari at scannonmackey@landrum-brown.com
for more information!
Upcoming Meetings
The next general club membership meeting will
be held in conjunction with the annual draft test in Maxwell, Iowa. Maxwell is approximately 20 minutes north of
Des Moines.
The general club
membership meeting will be held following the conclusion of the test on
Saturday, May 26th.
Please plan to attend
and partake in the goings-on of the club.
Come prepared with ideas and comments.
Our desire is to serve the entire membership, but we can’t do that well
unless we have your attendance and input!
So, bring your thinking caps AND your dogs.
Rescue Information
The HBMDC is seeing
more and more Berners in rescue. Please
contact Julie Hessenflow at JHessenflow@sbcglobal.net
for more information on available Berners or to offer some much-needed
assistance.
Show Brags
Hear ye, hear
ye!! Do you have something to brag
about? We’d like to see it here!
You can send brags
about events in conformation, drafting, obedience, tracking, agility, etc.
Titles need not yet
be earned, send in the updates along the way, too!
Please be as
specific as possible and include: dog’s
registered name, call name, breeder, owner, title/points/legs earned or won,
show where they were earned, and the date of the show(s).
Our dogs are
special, so we encourage you to brag about his/her accomplishments!
- Dreamfields’ She’s All That, Laney, owned and bred by Jessica Briggle, has the following
wins:
3 point major, Central Iowa Kennel Club dog show January 20,
2007
3 point major,
Central Iowa Kennel Club dogs show January 21, 2007
·
Dreamfields’s She’s All
That, Laney, owned and
bred by Jessica Briggle, won Best of Breed and a GROUP 3 at the Central Iowa
Kennel Club dog show January 21, 2007.
ALL breeder/owner-handled! Woo
hoo!
·
CH Carmaque’s Tessendar
Breeon, Breeon, owned
by Chris and Darlene Strates, completed her championship in Sioux Falls, SD
October 29, 2006. Way to go!
- Smokehouse Cracker Jax, Crackers, owned and bred by
Michael & Carol Minden, has the following accomplishments:
1 point, Mid-Continent Show, November 3, 2006
4 point major,
Mid-Continent Show November 4, 2006 (8 months of age) Yea!
- Smokehouse Chocolate Soufflé, Cocoa, owned and bred by
Michael & Carol Minden, has the following win:
3 point major,
Fayetteville, AR show December 3, 2006 (9 months of age) Yippee!
- Indian Hills Don’t Look Back CD, RA, Caly, owned by Penny
Pollock-Barnes, has the following wins:
4 point major, Mid-Continent Kennel Club show, November 4,
2006
Rally Excellent title earned, Sioux Empire Club show,
October 2006
Since then, she has earned 7 RAE legs with multiple
placements, including first place in both the
Advanced B and Excellent B classes at the Tri-State Kennel
Club show, November 5, 2006!
Way to go girls!!!
- Classique’s Scarlet Letter, Ruby, owned and bred by Dawn
and Tim Gabig, has the following wins:
2 majors at the Tulsa, OK cluster, November 2006
3 more minor point wins, Springfield, IL shows
You go ladies!!!!!
- Classique Hogan’s Hero v Trillium, Hogan, bred by Cathy Hogan
and owned by Dawn Gabig and Laurie Farley, has the following wins:
4 point major
Best of Breed over specials
Fabulous!
- Classique’s Rhythm to Spare, Forrest, bred and owned by
Dawn and Tim Gabig, won the following:
Best of Breed over top-ranked specials, Tulsa, OK shows,
November 2006
Woo hoo!
- Classique’s All The Trimmings, Nick, bred by Dawn and Tim
Gabig and owned by Sue Houser, won/earned ALL of the following:
CD Companion Dog title, April 19, 2003
HIC Herding Instinct Certificate, May 11, 2005
NA, Novice Agility title, January 23, 2005
NAC, NADAC Novice Agility Standard title, June 25, 2006
NAJ, Novice Jumpers with Weaves title, April 16, 2005
NAP, Novice Agility Preferred title, April 10, 2004
NCC, NADAC Novice (Gamblers) Chances title, August 6, 2005
NJP, Novice Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title, February 8,
2004
O-NAC, NADAC Outstanding Novice Standard title, September
24, 2006
O-NCC, NADAC Outstanding Novice Chances title, August 27,
2006
OA, Open Agility title, January 22, 2006
OAJ, Open Agility Jumpers with Weaves title, February 25,
2006
RA, Rally Advanced title, July 21, 2006
RE, Rally Excellent title, November 11, 2006
RN, Rally Novice title, June 19, 2005
Holy moly!!
- CH Classique’s Wishbone, Duke, bred by Dawn and Tim
Gabig and owned by Fred and Karon Thomas, won:
All-Breed BEST IN SHOW, 2006
Finished 2006 being ranked as the #6 Bernese Mountain Dog
(All-Breed System) and #14 Bernese Mountain Dog (Breed System).
Amazing!!!!!
In Memoriam
If
you have had the unfortunate recent experience of losing a Berner, please send
your information to the newsletter editor, Jessica Briggle at DreamfieldsBMD@msn.com. We will be sure to honor his/her life in this spot in the
next issue.
Have a website you are fond of and would like to share?
Do you
own/operate a website that you would be proud to share with our members? Please tell us about it!
Please
limit the website(s) to those sites dedicated in whole or in part to Bernese
Mountain Dogs.
Please send
this information to the Berner Briefs
newsletter editor, Jessica Briggle, at DreamfieldsBMD@msn.com
She will be
sure to add it to the next issue for all to see!
Get Involved in the Heartland Bernese Mountain Dog Club
The Heartland Bernese Mountain Dog Club needs your help!
Volunteers keep our club alive. Your participation allows the HBMDC to offer
events and activities for members and Berner lovers throughout the Midwest. You
can get involved by serving on the board of directors and helping with events
like meetings, parties, draft tests, etc.. To find out how you can help,
contact:
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Board of Directors: Jessica Briggle
·
Draft Tests: Kathy Berge
·
Tracking Events: Kathy Berge
·
Meetings/Parties: Dawn Gabig
·
Berner Briefs: Jessica Briggle
·
Rescue: Julie Hessenflow at JHessenflow@sbcglobal.net
You can make a
difference! Get involved today.
Update Your Contact Info
Make sure you receive information from the Heartland Bernese Mountain Dog Club by updating your mailing address. To help us save time and reduce printing and postage costs, please provide your e-mail address. Send updates to Jessica Briggle at DreamfieldsBMD@msn.com or call 515-984-6798.
Interested in Becoming a Heartland Club
Member?
Are you interested in joining the fun? You can join the Heartland Bernese Mountain Dog Club by contacting our Membership Chair, Jayne Duncan at JayneDuncan@neb.rr.com or call her at (402) 475-0261. Membership applications and Code of Ethics can be found on the HBMDC’s website at www.HBMDC.org . We hope that you can “come” and “stay” for awhile!
Have News to Share?
Add news
about upcoming events, event results or other club news in the next issue of Berner
Briefs. Send your news or information to Jessica Briggle, HBMDC newsletter
editor, at:
201 East Madison Drive Polk City, IA 50226-1170
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE! WWW.HBMDC.ORG
