60 Saber Tails Spring 2016

Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America

with the Donation Line, a vehicle donation program 

that allows non-profits the opportunity to benefit from 

the donation of almost any type of vehicle, running or 

not. Please look for our ad for the Donation Line in this 

issue, for information about this service. 

HEALTH TESTING

This past year the PBGV community worldwide has 

gained a tremendous tool to screen our dogs for 

Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. With the discovery of 

the marker by the Animal Health Trust we now have 

the ability to screen our dogs and identify the status of 

our dogs. Everyone has been on a huge learning curve 

trying to understand the process and the implications 

of the results. The Foundation and the Health Commit-

tee have collaborated on disseminating information 

to PBGV owners, helping them negotiate through the 

testing process.

The Foundation supported these efforts financially 

also. This support will continue in 2016. This will be 

reevaluated yearly.

                                                                                    

The members of the Foundation Board are committed 

to the mission of the Foundation and are looking for-

ward to the challenges of 2016. We wish all PBGV’s and 

their people a healthy, safe and peaceful year.

Thank you for your continued support of the Founda-

tion.  PBGVs everywhere thank you!!!

Sincerely,  

Linda Murray

PBGV Health & Rescue 

Quilt Raffle Fundraiser

You could win a beautiful PBGV-themed sampler 

quilt. Blocks for this treasured quilt are being lov-

ingly handmade by PBGV devotees throughout the 

US and Canada. The quilt will be pieced together and 

quilted by Sharon Betker of British Columbia, Can-

ada.  The quilt is not yet finished, so we can’t show 

you a picture of the completed work; however, we 

can whet your appetite with pictures of individual 

blocks that have been completed.

All proceeds will benefit the PBGV Health and Rescue 

Foundation.

Tickets are $5 each. The price drops to $4 each if you 

buy 5 or more.

The winning ticket will be drawn on Saturday April 

30th at the PBGVCA National Specialty Annual Ban-

quet. The winner does not have to be present to win. 

We will contact you should you be the lucky winner.

To purchase tickets online, go to the PBGV Founda-

tion webpage (http://pbgv.org/Health/HealthRes-

cue.shtml) and click on the Quilt Raffle link, or go 

directly to the quilt webpage (http://pbgv.org/

Health/foundation-quilt.shtml). You can pay for 

tickets by credit card or PayPal. Each ticket will have 

a number and that number will be recorded with the 

purchaser’s name and email address. Ticket numbers 

will be sent to you by email.

Drawing at the PBGVCA National Specialty

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