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2015 GRCA National Specialty

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#1 · (Edited)
We now have the Optigen Discount Code for the blood clinic at the National Specialty (9/25-10/3/2015).

Discount Code: GNS15
It will be "active" between 9/15 to 10/5/2015 ... so plan ahead and get your online order in before you leave home. Remember to contact me with the info about the dogs you intend to test, and what you will test for each dog. This "master list" helps assure that everyone gets the discount and makes life SO much easier for the on-site volunteers. Use the email address in my signature below.

Kaye Fuller will be doing blood draws at the Field Tailgate on Sunday evening 9/27. She also has graciously volunteered to do other blood draws by appointment during the Field Trial (which runs Monday 9/28 thru Wed. 9/30).

Blood draws will also be done by Mike Lappin at the show facilities at the Roberts Center and Roberts Arena. We don't have specific times/dates with regard to those two sites. We anticipate that Mike will be at one or the other site on different days.

Both Kaye and Mike will also be doing blood draws for The Broad Institute cancer research, and the OFA DNA Databank which is used for DNA research by many investigators of inherited diseases in dogs. You can contact me to email you the forms you will need for these DNA donations. It is highly recommended that you fill out the forms in advance!

Golden Retriever Foundation offers this service at no charge! Please donate your dogs' DNA even if you don't need any Optigen testing!

If you can help by holding dogs and handling paperwork, please let me know, and I will forward your contact information to Mike or Kaye. Please send all this to my email address shown in my signature, so I can keep track of your replies! (I will receive literally hundreds of emails for the blood cliniic, and I need to keep it organized somehow.)

Only 5 months away!
 
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#4 ·
Saw this on Facebook. It may explain the delay in posting the judges for the events:
AKC has changed the requirements for submitting the event application to a shorter period. The applications for everything generally go in at the same time, and delays because of one event may impact the submission and subsequent approval of other events.
 
#6 ·
The premiums for the Field Trials, Hunt Tests, and WC/WCX for National are up on Entry Express now. However, entries are not open yet.

According to new AKC regs the hunt test can't open until 3 wks (old reg) was 4 according to entry express. Field Trial will open when AKC approves it.

I got this info from the Facebook page of the GRCA Field Education Committee. So, if you do Facebook, you might want to join that group.
 
#7 ·
FYI ... for those interested
2016 Natl Specialty ... California (western region)
2017 National Specialty ... Salisbury, MD (host club: Potomac) (eastern region)
2018 National Specialty ... St. Louis, MO (host club: GRC of Greater St. Louis) (central region)
 
#8 ·
Great raffles going on for the National Specialty!

Bob Samios has tickets (500 tickets @ $10 each) for a Simulator and a Launcher. He says (on Facebook) that tickets are selling fast.

Optigen is donating 5 certificates for 25% off ... and one for a FREE prcd test.
 
#15 ·
Do you need to be present to win?
 
#10 ·
Would any Goldens who have an FC and/or AFC titles that will be attending the National Specialty, have your owners please let either Sue George or me know about it. I will check re those that have entered, but we would like to honor all of the Golden Field Champs at the banquet, continuing with a tradition started at the 2013 National Specialty. It is great fun to see the wonderful old retired Champs showing up to be acknowledged by the crowd. They know they are special.

The DVD featuring all the Goldens who have been Master National Qualifiers (Finalists) will be shown at the hunt test grounds. The DVD featuring all the Golden Field Champs starting in 1935 through the end of July 2015 will be shown at the Field Trial Banquet. Anyone interested in purchasing one of these DVDs, they are available through the GRCA Store and all proceeds go to the Golden Retriever Foundation.

We would love to have some of the conformation judges attend the field trial as they did in 2013. If any of you have any pull in this regard, please use it --- I have a mentor lined up and we will provide, lunch, etc. plus the opportunity to see Goldens whose form is based on their function --- and who also fit the standard. The conformation judges loved it in 2013, and we wrote up their comments, and we would love to have some do it again. glendagldnblk@aol.com

Glenda
 
#11 ·
The closest RV park/campgrounds to the field trial grounds:

http://caesarcreekstatepark.com/
The campground has 283 shady or sunny spots. Every site offers electric. Each spacious camp site offers a paved pad that can accommodate at a 35 foot trailer or RV, pop-up, tent, or other camping unit, 20 and 30 amp electrical hookups, a picnic table, and a fire ring. Be advised some sites are designated as "tent only" sites. Bath houses, shower houses, water faucets, and waste drains are located throughout the campground. There is a campstore offering firewood, ice, food, and camping supplies. A dump station is available free of charge for campers.
ALL CAMPSITES ARE PET FRIENDLY!
 
#12 ·
Hi Lesley,
Any info on Maple Grove camp ground? Do they offer full hookups? It looks like Ceasar Creek only offers electric, no water or sewage on site.
Thanks for any info.
 
#14 ·
Cuyahoga Valley GRC in OH just had to request a waiver for the live flyer in a WCX test. Reason is that "Ohio Department of Natural Resources has denied a shooting permit due to the fact that the State is not allowing live bird transport at this time " Wonder if it's due to the bird flu affecting the chickens?


Sure hope this doesn't last through September!
 
#21 · (Edited)
Health Clinics for the National Specialty

From Mary Beth Konesky:

From the 2015 GR National Health Clinic and Seminar committee:


The National Health Clinics and Seminar Committee has put together some exciting opportunities for you and your golden(s) at this year's GR National. In addition to the annual OFA eye health clinic, we are thrilled to be offering a cardiac ultrasound and/or auscultation clinic provided by none other than Dr Josh Stern, BS, DVM, PhD, DACVIM. Dr Stern, as you may remember, was last year's lecturer at the GR National. His topic of discussion was Silent Aortic Stenosis in the Golden Retriever.


Additionally we are also very happy to have Dr Lonnie Davis of Troy Animal Hospital as this year's lecturer at our Health seminar. He will be discussing Precise Positioning Technique (TM) for hip radiographs for OFA submission.


Please use the following link for more details on all the health clinics at this year's GR National.Specialty
http://www.goldensrule2015.org/events/clinics-seminars/
or you can email 2015grhealthclinics@gmail.com


Please feel free to share. THANK YOU!


Mary Beth Konesky
Coordinator GR National
Health Clinics and Seminars.
****************************************************************************************************************************


Because of the field schedule, the health clinic schedule and the relative accessibility of the sites, it is very likely that you will be able to get an appointment. Dr Stern is awesome, and will be performing heart exams (with Echo if necessary) on Wednesday and Thursday. Dr Townsend will be doing Pigmentary Uveitis screening Tuesday thru Thursday. Dr Gemensky-Metzler will be performing eye exams on Wednesday. Eye and cardiac exams performed at these clinics will be eligible for the discounted "clinic rate" for OFA submission.

Dr Mike Lappin will be collecting blood samples at the Roberts Centre for Optigen testing as well as OFA DNA bank/Broad Institute, and Dr Kaye Fuller will be collecting samples at the Field Trial Awards Dinner.




All of this information, as well as information about the Health Education Seminar (Tuesday, Sept 29 at 2 pm and 6:30 pm) can be found at this link:
http://www.goldensrule2015.org/events/clinics-seminars/
 
#22 ·
2015 GRCA National Specialty

11th Annual CANINE DNA COLLECTION DRIVE



The Golden Retriever Foundation needs Canine and Human volunteers at the National Specialty to help with the DNA collection and paperwork.


The Golden Retriever Foundation, GRCA, The Broad Institute, and OFA need Canine volunteers for the National Specialty Canine DNA Drive. Cheek Swab and/or blood samples are needed to populate OFA’s DNA database. Blood samples submitted to The Broad Institute will be used for research in cancer and hereditary diseases.



The Golden Retriever Foundation has authorized funding to pay for the OFA submission fee for Golden Retriever samples collected at “mass collection clinics”. Through this grant from GRF, there will be no fee to the owners for submitting blood or cheek swab samples. There is no charge to donate blood to The Broad Institute.


Optigen samples will also be collected at these times. Optigen testing needs to be ordered prior to the clinics. Contact Gerry Clinchy regarding Optigen test collections. G.Clinchy@gmail.com



There will also be a clinic set up on Sunday, September 27th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM – just before The Hunt Test Tailgate.



A booth will be set up in the Vendor area, Davis Event Center, during the following hours:

Tues. September 29th, 1PM – 4 PM – Vendor Area, Roberts Center

Wed. September 30th 9 AM – 4 PM – Vendor Area, Roberts Center

Thur. October 1st 9 AM – 4 PM – Vendor Area Roberts Center

Fri. October 2nd 9 AM – 11AM – Vendor Area, Roberts Center





Veterinarians, Technicians, dog holders, paperwork specialists and people to handle label samples are all needed for this continuing effort. We will be teaming up with the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and The Broad Institute for this effort.



** Special requests ** The Broad Institute would like to update any dogs that have previously submitted samples. They also need samples from any dog with cancer and/or hereditary disease. Their help is of the utmost importance, as well as healthy dogs over 8 years of age without cancer or hereditary disease.



Anyone able to help or willing to donate blood or cheek swabs from their dogs, is urged to contact Mike Lappin at anidoc@comcast.net<mailto:anidoc@comcast.net> to let him know. You may download and print consent forms, to bring with you, The link is: http://tinyurl.com/kksrp2x<http://tinyurl.com/kksrp2x>


Even if you can donate one hour of your time you will be assisting with this valuable research tool.



You and your dog can make a difference.
 
#23 ·
Hey Gerry: When I talked to Kaye last week she was talking about doing the collections before the Field Trial Awards dinner, only because she didn't know where she would be able to do it easily at the Tail Gate event. You might want to check with her. I am sure she would be willing to do it at either place, as necessary, but that was the last I heard.
 
#24 ·
Update on this!

To accommodate as many field people as possible, both Kaye Fuller and Mike Lappin will be at the
Field Tailgate Dinner on Sunday night, 9/27
AND ALSO at the
Field Trial Banquet on Wednesdday, 9/30

It will be hard to count on Kaye for blood draws during the events due to her busy schedule helping & running dogs.

Please contact either Kaye or Mike Lappin (anidoc@comcast.net) if you can lend a hand holding dogs, shuffling paper, etc.

Please, guys, contact me to get your dogs on the "master list" ... Kaye and Mike have been donating their time to these projects since 2008 for Optigen testing & even longer for the research projects ... let's help them out by making it easier for them.

We have to put a "master list" in the shipments of samples. I prepare these for Kaye & Mike based on the dogs who sign up. It saves them time & confusion when I can give them accurate lists in advance. This master list helps assure that every dog who participates gets the proper discount and allows us to make sure that all samples actually DO get to Optigen.

We need you on the master list even if you will not attend the Specialty, and will send your samples direct to Optigen!

You can also participate in the OFA DNA databank and Broad Institute cancer research FREE! All costs for these samples are courtesy of the Golden Retriever Foundation.

Just contact me via the email address below and I can give you all info on costs of Optigen testing and send you the forms for the research work (best if you fill those forms out in advance). We do not usually keep a list of the dogs who will participate in the DNA donations for research ... however, if you are going to do Optigen testing, it can be helpful for Kaye and Mike to know they will need more blood from your dog for that, so please do mention it when you sign up for your Optigen testing, and I will make a note of that as well.

If you have young pups along who won't be getting Optigen testing ... you can still have those youngsters participate in the DNA donations.

DO NOT use the RTF PM feature!! I can ONLY keep this stuff organized by using my regular email (shown in my signature) as we usually deal with 50-70 participants getting 100-200 different DNA tests!

BTW ... other breeds can participate in the Optigen clinic IF they are physically present & their samples can be sent with our bulk shipment. Other breeds can NOT participate by sending direct samples. Since some of you may have Labs that need RD or prcd-PRA testing, you can do that through this clinic if they are along for the ride. If you have questions, contact me.
 
#25 ·
I saw the post on National page about only having pheasant flyers for WCX and dead birds for all other stakes. Are we still using dead pheasants in the water?
 
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