WITH ZELL VON POHLMAN, DR. ROGER PRITCHARD, CAROL MOSER, MARY WUEST, CAROYLN HERBEL, JOHNNY SHOEMAKER & MARCY ZINGLER I , . I , , , , I
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and the Schipperke. I would suggest to anyone that can locate these books, to do so as there is information about the dogs, and dog terms that is so refreshing when one wants to study the origin and history of these eight breeds. In 1935, the American Kennel Club published an individual book on the breeds of the time, in the six groups. Infor- mation that breeders and fanciers used in their quest for finding the right dog for the show rings and dogs for the individual families. These eight breeds remained as the total number of dogs in the Non-Sporting group until 1935 when the Lhasa Apso was added to the group in 1935. Apparently after the Non- Sporting Group Book was published in 1935 prior to the addition of the Lhasa Apso, which does not appear in the book. These nine breeds composed the Non-Sporting Group for thirty seven years and in 1972 when the Bichon Frise was added. In 1973 the Tibetan Terrier, 1983 the Tibetan Spaniel, 1991 the Finnish Spitz, 1992 the Chinese Shar-Pei, 1992 the Shiba Inu, 1994 the American Eskimo Dog, 1996 the Löw- chen, 2011 the Norwegian Lundehund and also in 2011 the Xoloitzcuintli. This which brought the total to nineteen indi- vidual breeds in the Non-Sporting Group. With the Poodles having two varieties, in the group you might have a total of twenty dogs, which includes the Miniature Poodle and the Standard in the Non-Sporting group. I think one of the biggest changes in this group is the lack of dedicated breeders. I was looking through the 1959 Popular Dog magazine and it brought back lots of memories of the many established breeding kennels of the eight Non-Sporting breeds which dominated the Non- Sporting group until the 70s. If you can locate this maga- zine, I promise you will be able to find answers and gain knowledge that has long laid dormant to many of the Non-Sporting breeds. You can read about breeding programs that apparently have long been forgotten, that worked so well in the top pro- ducing kennels. The Poodle trims are so well described and drawn that even a novice could study, practice and prepare a Poodle for the show ring. Go down memory lane and locate the “Visualizations of the Dog Standard” which was published by Popular Dogs in 1959 and read the articles by Hayes Blake Hoyt about TYPE and STYLE in dogs. I believe it will clarify a lot of confusion about the differences between the two words which are so misused in dog talk conversations. Bulldogs, the Vardona Kennels, the Bostons, the Dorold Kennels, the Chows, the Li-Lee, Druidel, the Eng-chow land Kennels, the Dalmatians, the Roadcoach, Fobett and, of course, William Fetner’s famous Coachman Kennels, Aman- da West with her top-winning Frenchies, the Keeshound- PorterWashington, the Flakeen Keeshonds Kennels and the Hamilton Farms Kennel, the Lhasa Apsos.
I am a native Floridian and my competitive Spirit started early with exhibiting Poultry and waterfowl. I also showed an Angus Heifer and a Holstein Heifer, so I learned very early on that I loved a Blue Ribbon. The very first Dog Show I attended was held at The Pru- dential Center in Boston. That day I fell in love with Dog Shows
and was fired from my job. Yep, on my morning stroll Down Beacon Street I saw a Dog Show sign with an arrow, so I fol- lowed the signs and instead of going to work I went to The Dog Show. Getting carried away with amazement while time was flying and too late I remembered work! Needless to say the Love of Dogs far outlasted the job. While living in Boston I was given a Pekingese and I fell in love with them...This was in the 70s and no internet or cell phones so it made making contact with breeders a little more challenging than today! I bred a few Champions and as the years passed I thought I might like to try my hand at judging. Once approved to pass judgement on Pekingese and Juniors I decided to discontinue breeding Pekes as I thought it a conflict. DR. ROGER S. PRITCHARD When asked to write an
article about the Non-Sport- ing dog of group VI, I thought and thought as to how I might be able to write about each and every one of the nineteen breeds in the group. Deciding should I continue on the idea of writing about each breed, it became apparent that I would be portraying the ideas I had devel-
oped about the individual breeds over the past 44 years. These ideas would certainly create a subjective controversy as we look at the different STYLES in the Non-Sporting dogs that are in the ring today. In 1935 there were eight dogs listed in the Non-Sporting group, they included the Bulldogs, Bostons, Chows, Dalma- tians, French Bulldogs, Keeshonds, Poodles (two varieties)
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