Spring 2016 Saber Tails 49
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America
IT’S ALMOST TIME!
SAVE THE DATES
APRIL 26-MAY 3, 2016
Join us at the PBGVCA National and Regional Specialty!
This year’s national will feature agility, conformation, health clinics,
hunting, obedience, rally, sweepstakes and seminars. Also offered for
the first time: the new Triathlete and Beginner Triathlete awards!
Plus we have some exciting speakers lined up:
JEROLD BELL, DVM, from Tufts University, is speaking on genetic
disorders of the PBGV with special emphasis on Primary Open Angle
Glaucoma, the available POAG genetic test and how to best use the
results for elinimating POAG in the PBGV.
VALERIE PARKER, DVM, from Ohio State University, will speak on
canine nutrition. What combination of nutritional ingredients would
help keep our dogs in peak health? What role does nutrition play
in later development of diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure,
heart problems? What are the long-term health effects of obesity in
PBGVs? What are the benefits of one diet over another, such as com-
mercial kibble, BARF, grain free, high or low protein or home made?
Judges:
Regional - Luc Boileau • Sweeps - Bev Tophill
National - Doug Johnson • Sweeps - Cameron Henson
NEW MEMBERS
WELCOME TO THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE
PETIT BASSET GRIFFON VENDEEN CLUB OF AMERICA
Patty Benefield
24235 W. Hummingbird Drive
Channahon, IL 60410
Sponsors: Joan R. Burke & Pat Koprovic
Brad Duelks & Deborah King
340 Catesby Place
Highland Village, TX 75077
Sponsors: Nicholas Frost & Barbara G. Pepper
Ginger Harris & Leo Wiener
5056 Green Pine Drive
Sandy Springs, GA 30342
Sponsors: Alice Wareham & Andrea Elledge
Leigh Page
128 Walnut Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Sponsors: Jane Swanson & Gloria Swaine
Virginia Morris
14 Azalea Terrace
Asheville, NC 28803
Sponsors: Mary Fluke & Beverly Childs