SaberTails
IWinter2014
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PBGVEducationalEventsatNational
MEMBERSAREWELCOMETOPARTICIPATE!
Threeeducationalprogramshavebeenscheduledbythe
PBGVCAJudgesEducationCommitteeatthe2015national:
•RobynWallisandIvaRaicwilldoacomparisonofthe
PBGVandGBGV.
•JECChairKittySteidelwillbedoingaJudgesEducation
Program.Clubmembersareinvitedtoattend!
•Therewillbeaprogramforthoseinterestedinbecoming
aParentClubApprovedMentor.Anyoneinterestedin
beingamentororapresenterforthisprogram,please
contactKittyatksteidel@aol.com.
Timesanddateswillbeannouncedatalatertime.
2014SHOWCOMMITTEE
ShowChair......LindleyHenson,larrydhenson@yahoo.com
AssistantChair...........SandyBustin,sbustin1@verizon.net
HospitalityChair..........JoQuintenz,jquintenz@gmail.com
ObedienceChair.................CathyCraft,pbgvbus@aol.com
AgilityChair...........JulietFranzen,monmarkai@gmail.com
AuctionChair.........................JaniceHayes,jhyes@aol.com
TrophyChair.....................KarenClugston,nerak@loc1.net
WelcomeBags...........GabiCopeland,moonlakeaz@cox.net
Fullcommitteelistwillbeonlineatpbgv.org.
Genetics101forDogBreeders
Markyourcalendarsfortheeveningof
April10.That’swhenDanikaBannasch,
DVM,PhD,willpresentaseminarofin-
teresttoalldogfanciers.
Dr.Bannaschisassociateprofessorof
genetics,DepartmentofPopulation
HealthandReproductionintheSchool
ofVeterinaryMedicine,Universityof
California,Davis.Herresearchfocuses
onidentificationofthemolecularbases
forinheriteddiseasesindogsand
horses.Herlaboratoryisresponsiblefor
identifyingthegenemutationthatcausescanine
hyperuricosuria.Dr.Bannaschalsoidentifiedthe
mutationsthatcauselethalwhitefoalsyndromeand
hereditaryequineregionaldermalasthenia.
Currently,Dr.Bannasch’slaboratoryisworking
onunderstandingthegeneticbasisforimmune
mediateddiseasesindogsandhorses.Sheisalso
investigatingcaninebirthdefectssuchasumbilical
hernia,cryptorchidismandcleftpalate.
Dr.Bannaschwillspeakaboutbasicgenetic
concepts,modesofinheritanceoftraitsanddiseases,
andhowgenetictestscanbenefitthebreeder.
SecondAnnualTop20Invitational
Thursday•April16•4p.m.
TheTop20Invitationalshowcasesaselectgroup
ofdogsthathaveexcelledinconformationevents.
Top20rankingsaretakenfromAKC’s2014year-endstats
forPBGVsinallbreedconformationcompetition.Here’s
someofwhattheTop20Invitationaloffers:
•Appetizerandbeveragebuffet
•Rosettesforallparticipants
•Mementoforallwhoattend
•PeoplesChoiceAward.Voteforyourfavorite!
•Formalorbusinessattirerequestedforattendees
•Itwillbeafunandeducationaleventforall!
Consultpbgv.orgfordetailsandprocedure.
DanikaBannasch,
DVM,PhD
We’reHavingAgility!
TuesdayandWednesday,Apr.7and8,AKCAgility
TrialslimitedtoPBGVsonlywillbeheldatAnimal
WatchersAmazingCanines,440W.Hwy82,
HuachucaCity,Ariz.,about45minutesfromhost
hotel.MotelsclosertoHuachucaCityareavailable
ifyouwishtomoveclosertotheagilitysite.The
agilityringisundercoverondirt/sand.Participants
willbetreatedtocomplimentarybreakfastsnacks.
Volunteersareneededtohelpwithtrial!
ContactJulietFranzen,monmarkai@gmail.com,or
(805-929-2224)formoreinformation.