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.