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Winter Match Results

Winter Match Pictures

New Sport of Barn Hunt

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Meet The Rats April Memorial Day Match May 27 Annual General Meeting June 22 Labor Day Match September Meet the Rats October Earthdog Trail October Holiday Awards Dinner Dec. 7 Dues Renewal Dec. 31

Spring is finally here but it still doesn’t feel like it. My brave

crocuses are blooming even though it was in the low 20’s

last night. It should warm up soon and then we’ll all

probably be complaining about the heat. It’s hard to win

with the weather in New England!

I have good news to report! We held our final “A/OA”

(conformation and obedience) match on March 10th at

Silver City Canine Training Center in Taunton, MA. It was

fairly well attended in spite of four days of snow which only

ended the day before the match. The good news is that the

AKC has accepted the match!! This means that our final

steps towards becoming an AKC licensed club is to submit

an application along with an updated report on all activities

since our application for “A” status was sent to the AKC in

June of 2011. We’ll keep you updated on our progress.

We have many activities in the works for the upcoming

months including the new sport of Barn Hunt. Carleen

Farrington and I attended a Barn Hunt Judges seminar last

weekend. What a great sport it is! It is open to all breeds

that can fit in an 18” by 22” tunnel. That most definitely

includes all our Terrier breeds. The sport blends nosework,

earthdog, bits of obedience and agility. We look forward to

offering it to all of you!

Hope to see you all at our upcoming events!

Enjoy our Terriers!

Mary

Brags and Wags

It was a good weekend at Great Barrington

KC shows in Springfield. “Bridget” – Pineterri

Nuthin’s Easy (Ch. Pineterri Billy Boy [Billy] x

Ch. Pineterri She’s All That [Lizzie]) finished

her championship on Saturday with a 3 point

major and Best of Winners award. Then on

Sunday she earned her first “Select” award

toward her Grand Championship. It was

quite a thrill since her pedigree goes back to

my foundation bitch. Rather than continuing

to show her, Bridget is about to begin her

well-deserved retirement, and may think

about motherhood. - Gerry Walsh

Winter Match Report March 10, 2013

The New England Terrier Club held its Winter

Match on March 10, 2013 at Silver City

Canine Training Center in Taunton, MA. We

held our final AKC sanctioned “A/OA” match

as well as an all breed “Show and Go”. In the

“A” match, we had sixteen dogs entered,

representing ten different Terrier breeds. The

Show and Go had fourteen dogs entered in

nine breeds.

Sweepstakes was judged by Dr. John

Brandsema. He awarded Best in Sweeps to

Norfolk Terrier, “Avalon’s First Mate”, owned

by Lori Pelletier. Dr. Brandsema also judged

Juniors and awarded Best Junior to Kasie

Lopes who completed with Russell Terrier,

“High Meadow Place Your Bet” from in the

Open Senior Class.

Conformation was judged by Mark Wamback.

He made the following placements and

awards:

Best Puppy – Airedale, “Wildside Nor’Easter”,

owned by Bill Harrop.

Puppy Group 2 – Norfolk, “Avalon’s First

Mate”, owned by Lori Pelletier.

Puppy Group 3 – Russell, “High Meadow

Place Your Bet”, owned by Tami &Kasie

Lopes.

Best Adult – Scottie, “Rococo’s Banner

Headlines of Kaley”

Adult Group 2 – Parson, Mitern GL To Do

What”, owned by Donna Mason.

Adult Group 3 – Welsh, “Bremadog

Cassiopeia” , owned by Anne Pelletier.

Adult Group 4 – Airedale, “Stirling Sweet Lady

Godgifu”, owned by Carol McDonough.

Best in Match – “Wildside Nor’Easter”, owned

by Bill Harrop.

In the Obedience section of the AKC

sanctioned match, or “OA” section, which was

judged b Jennie Burkhardt, we had eight

Terriers entered. The High Score in Match

was won by Border Terrier, “Greywood Boys

of Summer”, owned by Lynne Ivaldi.

The Show & Go, Novice & Open were judged

by Jennie Dickinson. Beginner-Novice &

Utility were judged by Jennie Burkhardt. There

were a total of 27 runs.

Thanks To Our Match Volunteers

Many thanks to all who helped to make our Winter Match run smoothly! In particular thanks are due

to Denise Okun for providing the judges gifts, to David Healey for lining up the conformation judges

and helping throughout the day to keep us all in line, to David Ullman and Maureen Lee for their

marvelous jobs stewarding for Obedience, to Ann Schliemann for ably serving as Match Secretary,

and to Lisa Violette, Gerry Walsh, and Tami Lopes for stewarding in conformation and sweeps. In

addition I must thank all my board for their help and wisdom!!

Best in Sweeps

Norfolk

“Avalon’s First

Mate”

Lori Pelletier

Best Junior

Russell Terrier

“High Meadow

Place Your Bet”

Kasie Lopes

High Score in

Match

Border Terrier

“Greywood Boys of

Summer”

Lynne Ivadi

Best Puppy

Airedale

“Wildside

Nor’Easter

Bill Harrop

Best Adult

Scottish Terrier

“Rococo’s

Banner

Headlines of

Kaley”

Adult Group 2

Parson Russell

Terrier

“Mitern GL To Do

What”

Donna Mason

Adult Group 3

Welsh Terrier

“Bremadog

Cassiopeia”

Welsh Terrier

“Bremadog

Cassiopia”

Owner

Anne Pelletier

Over the Rainbow Bridge

It is with great sadness that we must report that Gerard Walsh’s little foundation bitch “Edwire

Hasty Puddin’” passed over the rainbow bridge. We know that Hasty is missed by all those who

knew and loved her and that she will be waiting faithfully for her father to one day pass over the

bridge to be with her again.

“Ch. Happicairn McIntosh CD, CGC, Therapy Dog”, Cairn Terrier owned and much loved by

Joan Martin passed on December 21st. He was 14 years young. He will be greatly missed by all

who knew him.

The New Sport of Barn Hunt

The Barn Hunt Association and the American Kennel Club are pleased to announce that

the AKC will recognize titles earned in the new sport of Barn Hunt.

The sport of Barn Hunt is based on hunting and teamwork skills historically used by “rat

catchers” who traveled the countryside ridding farms of vermin. Dogs and handlers work

as a team to locate and mark rats (safe in aerated tubes) hidden in a maze of straw or

hay bales. The event is open to all dogs.

“Barn Hunt tests the nose, speed, agility and surefootedness of dogs that have a history

of above-ground vermin hunting,” said Robin Nuttall, founder of the Barn Hunt

Association. “We quickly found out that many breeds and mixed breeds enjoy the search

and can excel at this sport.”

Barn Hunt events include a pass/fail Instinct class for owners who want to familiarize

their dog with the test. The AKC will recognize titles at four testing levels above Instinct.

Courses are made increasingly more difficult by adding more obstacles, additional

diversions and more rats to find. The BHA has developed the sport to be fun for all

participants, plus easy and inexpensive to hold.

Legs, or qualifying scores, toward Barn Hunt titles are earned by the dog and handler

team completing the course time. Placements based on time are awarded, but Barn Hunt

is a Non-competitive event and teams do not have to beat other dogs to title.

“We are pleased to work with the Barn Hunt Association to recognize Barn Hunt titles on

a dog’s AKC record,” said Doug Ljungren, VP for Champion and Performance Events.

“Barn Hunt is another great way for dogs to awaken and test their instincts and for both

owners and dogs to enjoy a fun activity together.

If owners choose to apply, Barn Hunt titles will appear on their dog’s AKC pedigree. The

Barn Hunt title application form and information regarding holding Barn Hunt in

conjunction with AKC events can be found on the AKC’s Title Recognition Program

website.

The BHA has been holding practice events country-wide. The first sanctioned event is

scheduled for April 13-14, 2013 in Columbia, MO. For more information, including the

official rules and event application process, visit www.barnhunt.com.

Comments or questions can be e-mailed to PerformanceEvents@akc.org.