AKC Conformation
All regular dog and veteran dog classes.
Conformation Judge - Denise Barley
Denise lives with her husband Chris near Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, UK.
They got their first Beardie in 1976. They were keen mountaineers, and Denise trained and
worked her first three Beardies as Search and Rescue dogs. In the 80's, she competed
regularly in Obedience, Agility, Working Trials and Conformation, as well as being committed to
search and rescue work. Nowadays, Denise restricts herself to conformation.
She has eight Beardies in residence, two of them UK champions. She has judged the Bearded
Collie Championship Shows in England, Norway, Holland and Sweden, and judges the Pastoral group
at open level. She has been vice president of the UK BCC since 1979.
Junior Showmanship
Under-eighteen handlers always demonstrate great skill with their Beardies.
Junior Showmanship Judge - Sulie Greendale-Paveza
Sulie has been in dogs all of her life, starting out in collies in 1958.
She has raised champion Collies, Shetland Sheepdogs, Australian Cattle Dogs, and Australian
Shepherds under the kennel name of SONATA. She was a professional handler for over 20 years
and was recently approved to judge the Herding group. She has taught handling classes for
15 years. Outside of dogs, Sulie has a Master's degree in Recreation Therapy and has worked
in the field of psychiatry and geriatrics, doing leisure counseling. She has also been a
professional singer, doing musical comedy and operettas all over the country. Currently, she
works part-time as a paralegal for a law firm in Chicago. She has bee married to husband,
Greg, for 21 years. He is an associate professor in the School of Social Work, University
of South Florida, in Tampa.
Agility
Come and see the speed, enthusiasm, and talent of these Beardies and their owners.
Agility Judge - Jean Munger
Jean grew up with her family dogs, German Shepherds and Yorkies. In December
of 1976, her fianc� (now husband Dan) bought her her first Keeshond. She got started in
obedience, and, soon after, in Conformation and Tracking. Jean began training in Agility in
1992, with a few friends who taught each other and their dogs. She has taken classes from
Mike Bond and the Kucabas over the years, and has participated in several agility seminars.
She teaches Agility classes year 'round. Jean has put many titles on her dogs-UD's, TD's,
CH's, MX's, and an MJX. She is working on MX's for her younger Keeshond, and she has
competed in all four AKC Agility Championships. "I look forward to judging the Beardies at
their specialty. Good luck to all exhibitors!"
REMEMBER, ENTRIES CLOSE EARLY-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 -- AND NO FAX OR ONLINE ENTRY IS
AVAILABLE!
BeaCon Seminar
At 4:00 P.M., Anita Oberbauer, Ph.D., of the Department of Animal Science,
University of California at Davis, will present a seminar on the current status of the AKC Canine
Health Foundation research project on identification and inheritance of DNA markers for Addison's
disease. Elsa Sell will provide a brief description of BeaCon for Health's open registry,
and introduce Dr. Oberbauer. Please register for the seminar by September 8. Send
$10 (US) payable to "2000 Specialty Fund," to:
Cheryl Poliak
546 Peppler Lane
Pickett, WI 54964-9563
Email: cpoliak@hotmail.com
Please see the form
BeaCon Symposium Registration Form. If space permits, tickets will be sold at the door.
Dr. Oberbauer is available at no charge for private discussions during the day, October 13.
Contact her by Email: AMOberbauer@UCDavis.Edu.
Fish Fry & Chicken Buffet
The hotel will offer a classic Friday Night Fish Fry buffet in the restaurant for
$8.25. It includes baked cod, beer battered cod, potato salad, cole slaw, fries, potato
pancakes, hot German potato salad, apple sauce and dessert. There will also be fried chicken
for the faint at heart. Advance reservations through CBCC are not necessary.
Auction
The auction is always one of the highlights of the National Specialty. This is
your chance to get those really unique Beardie items that you might never find anywhere else.
The overall financial success of a BCCA Specialty is largely dependent on the proceeds from the
Auction. And if the Specialty is financially successful, the BCCA benefits, and Rescue, too.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Auction's proceeds are set aside to support Rescue. So
please help make this year's Auction a success by contributing one, two or more items.
Anything and everything will be appreciated. And, of course, we need to have bidders at the
Auction to take home all the treasurers. There should be something of interest to everyone
and every size wallet or pocket book.
Please send your Auction items to Chris Walkowicz at the address below or bring them with you
should that be more convenient. If you intend to bring Auction items to the Specialty,
please send Chris W. a brief written description of the items at least a month prior to the
Specialty so that they can be cataloged in advance for the Auction.
Chris Walkowicz
1396 265th Street
Sherrard, IL 61281
309.754.8723
Email: walkoway@revealed.net
