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