62 Saber Tails Summer 2017
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America
Linda Murray
President
lmurray22@tampabay.rr.com
Laura Liscum
Vice President
laura.liscum@tufts.edu
Board of Directors
Bob Cohen
Bobcohen03@gmail.com
Peggy Evanich
evanichp@bellsouth.net
Helen Ingher
pbgv@charlen.com
Jill Otto
sunspotspin@suddenlink.net
Kate Rowinski
kate.rowinski@gmail.com
Sheridan Weinstein
mrginz@comcast.net
Coady Egan
coadster4h@aol.com
JoAnne Hacker
Treasurer
10832 NE Country Club Rd.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206-780-2681
JAH@arcanumltd.com
Sue Smyth
Secretary
1101 Old York Rd.
Burlington, NY 08016
Oldyork2002@aol.com
Letter From the
Foundation President
The PBGV Health and Rescue Foundation held its annual elections at the April
Board Meeting. We are pleased to welcome Coady Egan to the Foundation
Board as a Director and we are pleased to welcome back the Officers and
Directors that were up for reelection. Thank you all for continuing with your
commitment to the Foundation.
We were pleased to be able to support several of the activities that occurred
at the National Specialty in Charlotte such as an Eye Clinic, DNA Blood Draw
and support of a health speaker.
For the past three years PBGVCA and the Foundation have participated in
providing Animal Oxygen Mask Equipment to local Fire Departments in the
city where the Specialty is being held. This year Charlotte, North Carolina
was the grateful beneficiary. Three years ago, before the Tucson Specialty Jo
Quintenz proposed that the club and the Foundation might collaborate to
provide much needed Oxygen equipment to the Tucson Fire Department.
We thank Jo for the suggestion. Hopefully, we will be able to continue with
this tradition for years to come.
The AKC/CHF Parent Club conference once again will be held in St. Louis.
Laura Liscum will be our representative at the conference. It is a fast paced
conference which provides a setting for the AKC/CHF researchers to report
their findings. The Foundation is always searching for research that is rel-
evant to issues that occur in PBGVs.
I have often commented about how amazed and thankful we are for the gen-
erosity of our PBGV owners. Here is a perfect example. There is a group of
quilters on Facebook that are known as the Greatful Threads for PBGVs. For
the past two years they have made the most incredible quilts and tote bags.
They have donated them to the Foundation to offer at auction. What a won-
derful donation to the Foundation! PBGV people are amazing!!! Thanks to you
for all you do for the breed. PBGVs everywhere Thank You!
Linda Murray
President PBGV Health and Rescue Foundation
The mission of the PBGV Health
and Rescue Foundation is to pro-
mote the welfare of the breed by
providing funding for research,
education and rescue.