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November 27,  2012

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Denise Albright

AKC Tidbits and News 

  

Did you read the AKC November Chairman's Report?

It's a good read! http://www.akc.org/about/chairmans_report/2012.cfm?page=11

Congrats to all the third quarter winners of the American Kennel Club Community Achievement Awards, can't wait to see us as one of those recipients!

 

Eukanuba

Click here for updated information! 

For  the next few weeks we are going to have fun celebrating the Holiday Season! In place of "Sharing My Life" and "That's My Dog" I will post seasonal cards from the members! So be sure and send me those digital Christmas Cards, Hanukkah or what ever seasonal greeting you would like to share with others, and be sure your dog(s) are in the picture! I will post a few each week until Christmas. Send to [email protected]

Basilea

Greetings from Basileas-Minis in the UK
f.l.t.r: Milandres Makaio of Basilea "Mac", Little Moons Yana of Basilea "Yana" & Lazertas Miley of Basilea "Miley"
Chandrea
Congrats to Matt Bilderback and Wigglebutt Bella for making the cover of DogSports magazine and also Pro Plan Brochures! 
Bella 
MAS EVENTS COMMITTEE
Looking for a minimum of 4 hardy souls willing to share the joy of working on the EVENTS COMMITTEE. NO PAY, LOTS OF SATISFACTION IN HELPING TO PLAN EVENTS FOR MASCUSA AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN AKC. Meetings will be held via conference call and will try to acomodate everyone's busy schedule. Information on the committee and an application can be downloaded at MASCUA.org. Please send the applications to [email protected]

Ellen Friedman-Smith
Events committee liason to the MASCUSA board

 

  Heatherhill   

I want to personally thank Alan and Kathy McCorkle of Heatherhill
Australian Shepherds for adopting two Miniature American Shepherds from me.
Attached are pictures of the two girls they co-owning with me.
Timeless Minnie Pearl at Heatherhill and Timeless Broke The Mold at
4Paws (2012 Eukanuba Honor Roll)
Look for them in the ring...

Karen Keller
Timeless

 

Gardner 2013  

 

 
WIN PHOTOS!

 

Everyone's Win photos have been gorgeous so keep them coming and I will post them! Send those brags and a photo to me

Nova  

Linderlands Casanova "Nova" won BIM two days at the Buckhorn Valley Kennel Club and qualified for 2013 Eukanuba Nationals

 Melinda Wolf Peters

 

Judy Challinger

 

  Looking for a Herding Series to attend this winter? Maybe even win a belt buckle!

This club has a fun series spanning two weekends back to back, they include AKC Herding trials and the dogs must compete on sheep, ducks and cattle to be eligible for the buckle! Clinics too!!

 

SDC 10 DAY WINTER HERDING SERIES/AKC&AHBA ALL STOCK

 

FIRST ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CLASSIC WINTER HERDING TRIAL SERIES. COMPETITORS FROM AROUND THE US & CANADA WILL BE COMPETING ON SHEEP, CATTLE AND DUCKS! TWELVE TRIALS! 4 AKC SHEEP , 3 CATTLE, 2 DUCK TRIALS. AHBA : 1 CATTLE & 2 SHEEP TRIALS.

BEAUTIFUL BUCKLES FOR HIGH COMBINED BORDER COLLIE AND HIGH COMBINED NON-BORDER COLLIE WILL BE AWARDED FOR DOG COMPETING ON ALL LIVESTOCK. CLINICS WITH LYNN LEACH & JAN WESEN DURING THE WEEK. ENTERTAINMENT & FUN IN THE CALIFORNIA SUN!

TRIAL STARTS JAN 11 - 20, 2013 

   http://www.actionk9sports.com/

 

Valhalla  

 Taylor 

Picasso's Sweet Baby James, "Taylor", 21 months old at his second NADAC show. Out of Multi CH. Picasso's Suni Rose and Gr. CH. Taycin's Radiant Red Rogue.
Gilbert 
After two days of the NADAC show in Arizona, this weekend. It shows CH. Picasso's Suni Rose (Rosie) with three of her offspring (litter mates) who were also competing in the show.
From left to right are Diva (Picasso's Unexpected Treasure), Rosie, Taylor (Picasso's Sweet Baby James) and Shilo (I'm not sure about his registered name - you may have it, he's owned by Charlotte Hardy).
Rosie is competing at the Elite level, it was the second show for Taylor and Shilo, and Diva's first. They will be two years old in February.
I'm very proud of these four! They did very well, as evidenced by the ribbons before them!    from Becky Gilbert

Cutler 

Australian Shepherd Health & Genetics Institute
 
The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) recently committed $75,000 in support of canine health research grants through the AKC Canine Health Foundation and Morris Animal Foundation (MAF.) Among those was a grant to the Animal Health Trust (AHT) for Australian Shepherd cataract research from MAF. Cataracts are the Aussie's most common eye disease.

The goal of the AHT study is to identify additional genes contributing to cataracts in Australian Shepherds. While most Aussie cataracts are associated with a mutation of the HSF4 gene, identified by a previous AHT effort, around 30% are not. As people utilize the screening test for HSF4 and gradually reduce the impact of that particular cause, other genes will account for an increased proportion of cataracts that occur. This research may give breeders additional tools they can use to lower the frequency of this potentially blinding disease in the breed.

ASHGI also sponsored this grant and would like to thank OFA for lending their support to this important research.

 

  Cooper 
FLAGTREE'S DYNAMITE - RAE!
Tammy Flaga put the wonderful ad in for Flagtree's Dynamite on winning her RAE and here is our "official" RAE title picture. First time I've had our picture taken for something like this.  from Karen Cooper
Peaceful Acres   

 Great Explanation of the Open Shows!!

http://wcmkc.homestead.com/OPEN-SHOW.html
 

        FIND INFO ON SHOWS HERE - Show Superindentents!

Jack Bradshaw - www.jbradshaw.com

Garvin Show Services - www.garvinshowservices.com/index2.ivnu

MB-F - www.infodog.com

Jack Onofrio - www.onofrio.com

Roy Jones Dog Shows - www.royjonesdogshows.com

  Patti Cutler

ABINGTONS NAUGHTY PRINCE "HARRY" WISHING EVERYONE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON BRED AND OWNED BY PATTI CUTLER
 
The Breed Standard Evaluation and Education Committee would like to have breeders with 10 or more years experience to take part inan short survey. If interested please contact [email protected]
and you will receive the survey via email.
Thank you for your time and contribution during this exciting time in our breeds history.

Thank you the BEC
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                                                         Comix By Coleen
   
Just for grins a new comic every week in the Tuesday Talk!
Coleen Swift is our comic graphic designer for this series and she will be treating us to a new comic every week for the Tuesday Talk Funnies!  You can also send a photo to us to be considered in one of Coleens designs! Send to  [email protected]

Introducing a fabulous Facebook Discussion Group!

MIniature American Shepherd Structure and Movement

There are currently 187 members

Link

Antler 

Note from Mindy (Registrar)  my land line is having problems keeping up with the phone messages so when at all possible please email me. The machine is not able to keep a lot of data and for some reason I have to go thru my phone company for the service. I apologize!

Email when possible so I can respond quickly :o)

[email protected]

 

I think that the Working Aussie Source is one of the best locations on the net to find herding trials and clinics!

The opening page is for ASCA Trials but be sure and click on the Other Calendars and the Regional Calendars and other Events of Interest!

AKC HERDING TRIALS!

 

The Miniature American Shepherd is eligible to compete immediately in AKC Herding Trials!  As soon as you receive your AKC/FSS number you can enter an AKC Herding Trial.

 

Find AKC Herding Trials here!

 

If you have earned an AKC Herding Title please let me know,
Now that we are eligible to compete in AKC Herding Trials, we want to acknowledge those dogs who are out there earning titles and legs towards titles.
Let's have some fun and gather several photos and videos of our dogs herding!!

 

Send to me and I will place them in a future Tuesday Talk and maybe we can start a photo gallery of minis herding!

 

Let's do it right away!!

 

 sheep gif 

 

                     ATTENTION PHOTOS NEEDED!

clip art dog

The club needs good quality photographs of dogs in various settings, i.e., herding, agility, obedience, family/companionship, etc. These photographs will be used for a variety of things such as use in brochures, other forms of advertising, on the website, etc. If you have some great photographs, please send them in. You will need to submit a Photograph Release Form for any photographs you submit. This form can be found on our website under MASCUSA Forms. The higher the resolution, the better.

Send the photos to Mindy [email protected]

 

Aussie line bar

THE PUPPY PEN

 

Litter Announcements

MASCUSA members get one free announcement in the Tuesday Talk for litters with health clearances on both parents (OFA hips, current CERF).

MASCUSA members may purchase additional announcements for litters with health clearances for $20 per package of four announcements.

MASCUSA members may purchase announcements for litters without health clearances for $40 per package of four announcements.

 

All litter announcements will appear in a section called the "Puppy Pen" at the end of the Tuesday Talk in a standardized format as follows:

one photo, maximum size of 300 pixels wide x 200 pixels high

a maximum of 50 words of description

one web link or email address

 

Send your litter announcements to Mindy

In This Issue
AKC Tidbits and News
AKC Chairmans Report
Holiday Photos and Cards
Wigglebutt Bella is a covergirl!
Event Committee Needs Volunteers
Welcome Heatherhill!
Win Photos- Send Them
Winter Herding Series
Agility Brags!
ASHGA update for catarac research
Open Show Explanation
BEC looking for Breeders!
Comix By Coleen
Facebook Structure and Movement
Note from Registrar
AKC Herding Trials
Send Herding Photos
AKC Show Links
Send FALL Photos

YOUR BOARD
 
THE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR YOU

Karen Keller,
President

Judy Challinger,
Vice President

Patricia Davis, Secretary

Traci Phillips, Treasurer

 Board Members

Sharon Sloper

Sue Fontaine

Ellen Friedman-Smith

 

Linda Perry, Past President

Denise Albright,  many of the photos for TT

 

Visit the MASCUSA CAFEPRESS Store to purchase items with the top three logo designs and

 

Click here

 

 Minis Gone American Item!

1st Place
2nd place
3rd Place
 
 
 
AKC SHOW LINK SECTION
 
 Search for AKC Conformation Shows, Herding Trials, Agility and other performance events. Click Here
 

Two popular Licensed Superintendents, who have information about upcoming shows and you can enter online thru their sites

ONOFRIO

and

INFODOG

CONFORMATION
VENUES 
 

IABCA
 
 
  
IMPORTANT
Remember to send in your winsheets within 30 days of the show for your points to count!!!
 
PHOTOS PLEASE 
 
PHOTOS
PHOTOS PHOTOS!!!
 
Send in those favorite  photos so we can post them on the Tuesday Talk!
 


Thank you for letting us share our wonderful dogs

Contact the Board

Visit the new MASCUSA website for forms and info about entering the newest AKC Breed, and also for all of our registration forms, including Breeders Listing, Litter Applications and more
 
Visit MARS (Mini Aussie Rescue) .
 

Contact the Registrar