The Dog Blog

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-08-26
I hope this finds everyone enjoying a great show season. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the September issue will be mailed out after going through the bindery process. This is a record mailing with several National Specialties, so I hope you'll all have a chance to see a copy.

Now to the serious stuff, beginning Tuesday, Aug. 31, I will be out of the office for an undetermined period of time while I undergo extensive surgical Melanoma treatment. I hope to be home in 3-4 days, but am not sure how soon I'll be sitting upright and working. I'm sure between Megan and my Husband Greg, (who many of you have met at shows), we'll get the October issue out close to the normal schedule. But I do have a favor to ask of you: If you know you'd like to place an ad in the October issue, could you please drop me an email, so I can plan ahead of time? It would relieve a lot of the stress associated with being ill, to know that we'll still have an issue to put out. We're featuring Plotts, Scottish Deerhounds and All Group 1 Winners in color for $275 with two photos, other color ads are $300! That's a great deal! If you call or email and do not recieve a response within 24 hours, please try again.

I want to thank all of those that have been praying for me, and wish me the best as I fight Melanoma again. Please be sure to wear sun screen when showing out of doors or gardening, it might just save your life! As time and internet connections permit, I'll have someone post an update on this spot after the surgery. It's unlikely that we'll know much about the tumor until all pathology is completed.

Thank you for your concern. God Bless

Tammarie

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-08-26
Well, that darn Tally is still on the loose in the August issue. The only clue I can give is he's not in the first 40 pages. Hope that helps. Be sure to search for our Little Foxy friend and win $25 towards and ad or a subscription! Happy Hunting!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-08-09
Sight & Scent is pleased to offer $100 off on color pages for the September issue. Advertise a new Grand Champion, Beagle, B&T Coonhound or Saluki and save $125 on color pages! Ads close on August 15. Preferred pages and inside back cover are available. Contact Tammarie@sightandscent.net, or 402-990-9600 to reserve your spot. Don't forget to look for Tally in the August issue!

From: Storm Britten-Ilouno -- posted: 2010-08-09
Kudos to Peter for writing such a terrific article, considering the sensitive subject. I feel that you have made some excellent observations and have coined a few of the issues within our sport to a "T". I was very intrigued with the content of this article and especially with your analysis with regard to the "State of our Union" so to speak.

Thank you for having the grace and gall to tackle this subject. You handled it like a gentleman and with some wonderful insight!

Storm Britten-Ilouno

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-07-14
Once again that little devil, Tally, has been run to ground for the July issue. This time he was spotted on page 56 by Karen W. Congratulations on winning a $25 S&S gift certificate, Karen!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-06-15
Diana Vreeken was the skilled hunter who found Tally in the June issue on page 65. He's in the tree behind the Borzoi!

Congrats, Diana. You'll receive a $25 gift certificate to Sight & Scent!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-06-10
Did you know you can save $100 off the price of a color ad in the July issue, closing June 15? Just call or email me to hold your spot. This is the Bloodhound, Borzoi, Lompoc, Houston preview, so don't delay, start your summer off right and save a few bucks in the process. Plus, that wiley fox, TALLY is still missing in the June issue and no one has found him. Email me your guess, and if you're the first, you'll win a $25 S&S gift certificate. In recent months, Tally has been found in the first day or two, so grab your June issue and starting hunting!

Good luck,

Tammarie@sightandscent.net

From: Storm Britten-Ilouno -- posted: 2010-05-10
I would just like to say thank you to Mary Sue Barnum for writing such a well written plea to the judges that are judging our breed. I have been very fortunate to have mentors in this breed with 55 plus years experience to share these exact concepts with me. I hope my dogs are a reflection of my willingness to learn and grow. Your article is superb in it's analysis of the state of dachshund judging today and I support you one trillion percent. You hit the nail on the head in every area, fronts, rears, ribbing and keel, temperament and that all mighty head case. I hope that judges will take head and read this and digest it and then put this tid bit of education into action in the ring. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Now, when can we expect to see your application for your judges license?

Respectfully,

Storm Britten-Ilouno

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-05-10
Congratulations to Darcie Golden on running Tally to ground in our May 2010 issue on page 73. Darcie found him on the first day! She'll receive a $25 gift certificate to Sight & Scent.

Congratulations,

Tammarie

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-04-14
Well, I think Tally has been caught in all of our current issues. Diane Vreeken found him in the December issue on page 75, and Brenda Nichols in the April issue on page 71, in the top photo. Congratulations to these two ladies on their quarry. Both will receive a Tally gift certificate worth $25 towards either an ad or a subscription. Best of luck in the upcominf May issue!

From: Iva Kimmelman -- posted: 2010-04-11
That dang Tally makes me crazy. The first thing I do, each month, is look at EVERY page with a fine toothed eye. Okay, I get it. You want us to look at ALL the fab ads, and read all the articles. Why not do a fake ad campaign. Could be hilarious.

From: Diana -- posted: 2010-03-14
OMG--I can't believe I missed that--how funny

From: Clint Werner -- posted: 2010-03-11
Thanks for making it easier for my middle aged eyes. He's on page 57 outside the Harehill kennel top photo in the March issue. Since it's already been found, we all might as well know where he is hiding!

From: Clint -- posted: 2010-02-28
Try as I might I cannot find Tally on P. 62 in the Jan/Feb issue. I know my almost 50-year-old eyes are not as sharp as they once were, where is the critter? What part of the bottom of the page?

Do I need an electron microscope?

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-02-04
Congratulations to Louisa, on finding Tally in the February issue of Sight & Scent. Tally was located on page 62 on the bottom of the page. Thanks for hunting, Louisa!

Tally is still on the loose in the December issue of S&S. Take a moment to find him and you'll receive a $25 gift certificate to S&S!

Tammarie

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2010-01-15
Hi,

Tally is still on the loose in the December issue of Sight & Scent. Here is a clue: He's in the back third of the issue, in a place where you won't find foxhunters anymore. Email your guess to Tammarie@sightandscent.net today, for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to S&S. Tally Ho!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-11-15
Diane Vreeken found Tally in the October issue on pg 35, upside down on the left side of the photo, near the white chest of the PBGV. Congratulations on finding his very tough hiding spot this month, Diana! She won a $25 gift certificate to Sight & Scent. Tally is still on the loose in the September and November issues. Good luck!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-11-02
Sniff around the October "On Scent" article by Kitty Steidel. Look at things from another angle, and you may be surprised by what you find there!

Best of luck on finding Tally!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-10-23
Hi There,

Tally is still on the loose in the October issue. In the interest of fair play, you might want to "sniff" him out in the middle of the magazine. Let's just say he's hanging around someone who specializes in Scent Hounds! Send in your guess and win a $25 gift certificate to S&S!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-10-06
Tally is still on the loose in the September issue. Here is a clue: He likes to turn things upside down and hang out in article photos this month. Send your best guess to Tammarie@sightandscent.net for a chance to win the gift certificate.

The November Eukanuba issue will be closing next week on October 15. Don't miss out on this chance to introduce that new special or celebrate a new Champion for only $350 in deluxe color!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-09-25
Tally Alert! As of 9/24/09 no one has spotted Tally in the September issue of Sight & Scent. If you haven't sent in a guess, start flipping through your issue and email me at Tammarie@sightandscent.net with your guess. The winner will receive a $25 S&S gift certificate. If you have not noticed the Trivia Challenge Game now on the website, take a second to check it out. It's simple, fun and could win you a $50 gift certificate to Sight & Scent. Good Hunting!

From: Clint -- posted: 2009-09-14
I just saw that the oldest dog died, at 22, a longhaired dachshund! The next oldest dog is....a smooth dachshund! So much for the myth that pure-breed dogs are health impaired!

From: Rowdy -- posted: 2009-09-08
If anyone wishes to become accurately informed about the differences between "Animal Rights" and "Animal Welfare", feel free to check-out a very updated web site: http://www.responsiblepetowners.org/ The people involved with this organization are not "paid" PR people. All volunteers and many show people. Anyone who wishes to join the organization for lobby efforts which benefit dog legislation may do so with a tax deduction. Education is a positive step for show people.

From: Brittney Harrier -- posted: 2009-08-26
Sorry Lisa, but you are malinformed.

The Humane Society of the US is no longer an animal welfare agency. It has been taken over by PETA operatives who share their goal of pet extinction. Wayne Pacelle, the current president of HSUS said that:

"we have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals, they are creations of human selective breeding. One generation and out."

J.P. goodwin HSUS grassroots coordinator said, "My goal is the abolition of all animal agriculture." That includes breeding dogs Lisa.

The HSUS has been taken over by vegan animal rights extremists and they are the driving force behind legislation intended to bring about the extinction of pure-breed dogs as well as all pets.

thye are the power pushing of the passage of SB250 in California. PETA plays the bad cop, openly extremist to generate publicity, HSUS poses as an traditional animal welfare organization while not doing anything to help local shelters and only pyshing legislation to move us toward a pet-free vegan society.

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-08-10
The jig is up! Congratulations to Iva Kimmelman on finding Tally in the August issue. He's hiding on page 61, top photo, to the right of the Welsh Hound. He's in the garden, have a quick scratch. Well Done, Iva.

I guess we'll have to make it harder next month!

From: Lisa -- posted: 2009-08-09
Wow, Britney, thanks for protecting the blogging world from the evils of a good national humane society. Funny, you make them out to share animal rights views when they're in fact a self-declared animal WELFARE group. These are two entirely different things.

From: Lisa -- posted: 2009-08-09
Guess what? Animal rights doesn't equal animal welfare, and PETA doesn't equal HSUS.

From: SKY YEARWOOD -- posted: 2009-08-02
My Plott friend in Tennessee sent this – put into action by G.W. Bush

CAN WE USE THIS AGAINST HSUS & their ASSOCIATES?

One hundred ninth Congress

of the

United States of America

At the Second Session

To provide the Department of Justice the necessary authority to apprehend, prosecute,

and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act’’.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO ANIMAL ENTERPRISES AND THREATS OF DEATH

AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ASSOCIATED PERSONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘§ 43. Force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises

(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes to be used the mail or any

facility of interstate or foreign commerce—

(1) for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise; and

(2) in connection with such purpose—

(A) intentionally damages or causes the loss of any real or personal property (including animals

or records) used by an animal enterprise, or any real or personal property of a person or entity having a

connection to, relationship with, or transactions with an animal enterprise;

(B) intentionally places a person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to that

person, a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person, or a spouse or

intimate partner of that person by a course of conduct involving threats, acts of vandalism, property

damage, criminal trespass, harassment, or intimidation; or

(C) conspires or attempts to do so;

shall be punished as provided for in subsection (b).

(b) PENALTIES.—The punishment for a violation of section (a) or an attempt or conspiracy to violate subsection

(a) shall be—

(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment not more than 1 year, or both, if the offense does not instill in

another the reasonable fear of serious bodily injury or death and—

(A) the offense results in no economic damage or bodily injury; or

(B) the offense results in economic damage that does not exceed $10,000;

(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both, if no bodily injury occurs

and—

(A) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $100,000; or

(B) the offense instills in another the reasonable fear of serious bodily injury or death;

(3) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, if—

(A) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $100,000; or

(B) the offense results in substantial bodily injury to another individual;

(4) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, if—

(A) the offense results in serious bodily injury to another individual; or

2

(B) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $1,000,000; and

(5) imprisonment for life or for any terms of years, a fine under this title, or both, if the offense results in

death of another individual.

(c) RESTITUTION.—An order of restitution under section 3663 or 3663A of this title with respect to a violation

of this section may also include restitution—

(1) for the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation that was interrupted or invalidated as a result

of the offense;

(2) for the loss of food production or farm income reasonably attributable to the offense; and

(3) for any other economic damage, including any losses or costs caused by economic disruption,

resulting from the offense.

(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

(1) the term ‘animal enterprise’ means—

(A) a commercial or academic enterprise that uses or sells animals or animal products for profit,

food or fiber production, agriculture, education, research, or testing;

(B) a zoo, aquarium, animal shelter, pet store, breeder, furrier, circus, or rodeo, or other lawful

competitive animal event; or

(C) any fair or similar event intended to advance agricultural arts and sciences;

(2) the term ‘course of conduct’ means a pattern of conduct composed of 2 or more acts, evidencing a

continuity of purpose;

(3) the term ‘economic damage’—

(A) means the replacement costs of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating an

interrupted or invalidated experiment, the loss of profits, or increased costs, including losses and

increased costs resulting from threats, acts or vandalism, property damage, trespass, harassment, or

intimidation taken against a person or entity on account of that person’s or entity’s connection to,

relationship with, or transactions with the animal enterprise; but

(B) does not include any lawful economic disruption (including a lawful boycott) that results

from lawful public, governmental, or business reaction to the disclosure of information about an animal

enterprise;

(4) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ means—

(A) injury posing a substantial risk of death;

(B) extreme physical pain;

(C) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or

(D) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty;

and

(5) the term ‘substantial bodily injury’ means—

(A) deep cuts and serious burns or abrasions;

(B) short-term or nonobvious disfigurement;

(C) fractured or dislocated bones, or torn members of the body;

(D) significant physical pain;

(E) illness;

(F) short-term loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty; or

(G) any other significant injury to the body.

(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed—

(1) to prohibit any expressive conduct (including peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration)

protected from legal prohibition by the First Amendment to the Constitution;

(2) to create new remedies for interference with activities protected by the free speech or free exercise

clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution, regardless of the point of view expressed, or to limit any

existing legal remedies for such interference; or

(3) to provide exclusive criminal penalties or civil remedies with respect to the conduct prohibited by this

action, or to preempt State or local laws that may provide such penalties or remedies.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 43 in the table of sections at the beginning of

chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘43. Force, violence, and threats involving

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-07-21
Can't find Tally yet? Look on page 48 of the July issue, center photo, right behind the beagle. Great place for Tally to take care of an itch, don't you think? Congrats to Lisa Befus on being the one to find Tally this month!

If you are a Facebook user, be sure to search for Sight & Scent and become a fan of the magazine. You can post a note for our other fans to see. Enjoy!

From: Tammarie Larson -- posted: 2009-07-09
I can't believe it. I spent twenty minutes looking for Tally in my issue, and wouldn't have found him wihout a heads up from Design on where they placed him. Then Lisa Befus writes and gives his location! This is the second time Lisa has sniffed out Tally since we started the contest, Congratulations! I will post his location in a few days, so that it won't drive the rest of you crazy this month. In the meanwhile, have a bit of fun looking for him!

Tammarie

From: Clint -- posted: 2009-06-08
Congratulations to Lindsay Bryson and Bobby Ott on their Best in Show win! They took BIS on Saturday at Woofstock, CA. with Lindsay handling CH Just-Wright The Full Monty, the 15-inch beagle. Nice work!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-06-08
Congratulations! One of our reader's found Tally on Sunday. He is located on the back cover, to the right of the placment sign. Thanks to Lyndell Ackerman for letting Tally hang out with Chief in her ad.

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-05-08
Congratulations to Robert Befus on finding Tally on page 45 of the new May issue. Tally is running with the Auborn hounds in the upper left corner of the pack. Robert wins a $25 gift certificate for Sight & Scent. Who Says Fox hunting doesn't pay?

From: Clint -- posted: 2009-05-02
I just picked up the book, "The Modern Dog" by Stanley Coren and it is wonderful! If you loved dogs before, you'll love them even more after reading how integral they have been to the development of our civilization. This is an amazing book!

From: Tammarie Larson -- posted: 2009-04-30
Congratulations to Clint Werner on finding Tally in the April issue. Please be sure to search for Tally in the May issue. Clues will be posted here once a week.

Click on the Virtual Dog Show link at the bottom of the front page. You can view the current dogs entered, and it will lead you to the entry form and our easy browser to upload your entries. Best of luck on your entries!

From: Britney Harrier -- posted: 2009-04-30
I read that Rush Limbaugh is now doing promos for the Humane Society of the US and many of his listeners are angry, as they should be. The Humane Society promotes "total animal liberation" which means no pets, no hunting no nothing involving animals.

Here is my reader comment to the story:

Limbaugh can't get anything right.

He's doing a spot promoting the Humane Society of the US, which has sadly become an extension of the radical animal rights movement a la PETA. The president of HSUS is a radical vegan totalitarian who not only was quoted as saying, "We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals (i.e. pets!) One generation and out!"--Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of HSUS. In other words, if they can mandate spay and neuter laws throughout the country, there will be no breeding stock left to produce pets, which Pacelle and his ilk despise because they need pet food, i.e. meat and HSUS wants the elimination of all animal farming. these nuts want "total animal liberation" that means no pets, no service dogs for the blind or deaf, no search and rescue dogs, no meat, no leather or wool or silk. And no hunting or rodeos or barbeques.

From: Britney Harrier -- posted: 2009-04-28
Well, jet lag got the better of me when I posted the dog show joy rant and I wrote that I had enjoyed seeing a Tibetan terrier take a Group 4 and I meant to write that it was a Tibetan Spaniel, oops. My love of alliteration got the better of my tired mind. So it was Ch. Tibrokes' Ambrier Feelin' Groovey that took the Group 4.

And the rough collie handled by the junior that took a Group 4 is Jem's Southern Gold Sunshine.

So the battle never ends.

On my local radio show, Armstrong and Getty, they were bashing pure-breed dogs as weird and snooty inbred things. So I called in but they didn't want to have an on-air differing opinion so I sent the following e-mail:

Wow

I was pretty surprised to hear your rant against pure-breed dogs this morning.

Your position sounds like the socialist anti-achievement absolute egalitarian nonsense you usually hold in disdain. To my mind, pure-breed dogs are works of living symbiotic art, a unique cooperation between man and beast to perfect certain traits that benefit us both. I suppose when you sneer about "weird, inbred dogs" you are thinking about the pug or the affenpincher, but what about the wonderful coonhounds and bird dogs and scent hounds that were integral to the settling of the nation?

Could our forefathers have survived without the game they hunted with the assistance of these dogs who were selected out and bred to have traits that benefited us? Did you know that George Washington developed the American foxhound breed?

One of you fellows has goats. How about the innate ability of herding dogs to maneuver in and out of livestock's legs to nip at their heels and move them without being kicked in the head? I find the fact that mankind has been able to isolate and hone these skills to near perfection to be the source of fascinated amazement. This has always been a largely populist pursuit, the work of herders and hunters and farmers.

Those of us who cherish pure-breed dogs do not do so because of some superficial snobbery but because we treasure the skills that these dogs represent and embody, what they say about the intertwined history of dog and man.

The only problem I have with mixed breed dogs is that they almost always represent an accidental breeding instead of a purposeful one. The traits that characterize the pure breeds have been mixed and lost in the shuffle without any compensating benefits, the idea of superior health in mixed breeds is a myth, especially with pure-breed breeders doing DNA screening that accidental breeders won't do.

There are wonderful, mixed breed dogs, but they are generally not raised with the intent and care of a pure-breed litter (puppy mills excluded). There are also too many accidental breedings by uncaring owners, usually pit-bull mixes in our area.

PETA and their allies want to discredit pure-breed dogs because their ultimate goal is a pet-free world. With mandatory spay and neuter laws they support, there will be no more breeding stock in one generation and that means no more pure-breeds or mixed breeds and no more companion animals or service animals. PETA wants to eliminate all animal agriculture including pet food manufacturing. The only way to accomplish this is to make cats and dogs extinct. It's logical but insane.

I do not support vegan totalitarianism.

It might get deleted, but I'm making an effort. Never let a chance pass to make our arguments.

From: Britney Harrier -- posted: 2009-04-27
It's tough for me to think of much of anything that brings as much joy as dogs and dog shows!

Sadly, this wonderful world of dog breeding and exhibition is under assault. Each of us needs to become and activist and an advocate for pure-breed dogs and dog fancy, if we are to block the efforts of PETA and HSUS to incrementally outlaw our passionate pursuits. Very few people understand that the goal of these bogus animal-rights agencies is the complete elimination of companion animals--total animal liberation. This is, to my mind, a sick and twisted agenda from severely damaged and delusional people. We need to help people make the leap of logic necessary to understand that the mandatory spay and neuter bills the HSUS pushes with tragic images and stats of unwanted pets will lead to the extinction of companion and service animals in one human generation. We need to hone our talking points and bring them out at every opportunity in order to let the public know that we are the dog lovers and the PETA/HSUS people envision a pet-free world. Once you make this point, you'll need to back it up so that you don't look like the extremist. Tell your audience, even if it is an audience of one, that PETA and HSUS believe in "total animal liberation" which means no contact between humans and animals and therefore the end of companion animals. Ask your audience, "Did you know that the president and CEO of the HSUS is a radical vegan who once said, 'We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. One generation and out.'? Isn't that terrible? Also these vegans want a vegan world without any animal farming and dogs and cats must eat meat to survive and thrive. so to get rid of animal farming, they want to see pets go extinct." When they comment on the number of shelter animals and how it is awful, tell them, "I know. I wish we could never again see an unwanted animal, but making pets extinct is not the answer. The HSUS has a more than hundred million dollar budget. Why don't they provide free or low-cost spay and neutering across the country instead of spending the money to outlaw all breeding?"

On a note of dog show joy, I traveled to the East Coast this past weekend where I attended an all-breed show in North Carolina on Saturday. We arrived just as the Group judging began. During the proceedings I mingled around and checked out the select dogs who reamined for competition. A lovely Tibetan Terrier, out on his crate, caught my eye. He was so gorgeous with a wonderful coat and a sparkling spirit! He is owned by a charming older couple who were happy to have me give him some attention even though they were one group away from showing.

When the gentleman entered the ring, his little Tibetan really turned it on! He showed like a pro and took a Group 4! I have to say I enjoyed some of this couple's elation by proxy. It was wonderful. I'll try to post their names later after consulting the still-packed catalog.

The Herding Group was last and they entered the ring and lined up and the judge consulted with the ring steward and began to go over the first dog. Then a woman, with a look of horror on her face wandered into the ring with a young collie in tow. I was a bit aghast. Is that how it goes out here in the Carolina boondocks? You go into the Group wearing shorts and a rumpled tee shirt? The poor woman was also loping with a knee brace on one leg.

I said to my father, "She should have me go in with the dog, at least I could move it."

The woman looked sheepish and lurked behind the lineup. Then she waved at a young man, probably around 11-years-old, and called, "Tell her to get here!"

He took off running behind a fence and emerged in a second with a young girl, probably about 13-years-old, who was struggling to get on a crimson blazer with a number already on the sleeve. The boy straightened her collar and she awkwardly stepped over the fence into the ring and took the collie. I don't know if she was breathing or not but she was functioning. There was a lot of pressure. The young woman collected herself, showed the collie beautifully and took a Group 4! Again, joy by proxy! A child's first group placement! The elated joy of mother, daughter, son working together with a beloved dog for excellence. Screams of joy, big smiles, happy tears and wonderful dogs ...this is what we love!

From: Judith -- posted: 2009-04-25
Tally is not on page 66.

From: Tammarie Larson -- posted: 2009-04-24
Well, it's time to up the ante in the hunt for Tally. Here is this week's clue: Tally is not as colorful this month, and may be hiding in an advertisement. Please email your guesses to me at Tammarie@sightandscent.net. Good Hunting!

From: Tammarie Larson -- posted: 2009-04-07
Our sympathy to Esme's family on her passing. Esme and her husband, Al, were intrumental in the organization of the Waukesha KC in the '60's. She was a long time writer, and a wonderful voice for the fancy. She will be missed!

From: Jane Gentzen -- posted: 2009-04-07
I actually had time to sit and read the magazine today... .and several of the articles. It was an EXCELLENT read. Informative, interesting and well DONE! I really liked the article you wrote and was refreshed by the tone and message. Keep sending that message... you are so correct, there is way to much negativity out there. I personally took a step back before finishing Hunter and asked myself why I put myself into such an arena, where there are so many people out to throw mud and talk trash. But traveling by myself to ID and MT last summer, I met new people again and the learning and teaching and sharing is so good for the soul I know I will not give it up.

I felt Ms. Steidel's article was just excellent too, and will send her an email to give her kudos for writing it. I am only half way through Dr. Siller's, but find it something I must finish.

Well Done!

Jane Gentzen

From: Brenda Nichols -- posted: 2009-04-07
Thank you so much for making Sight and Scent available at the dog shows I recently attended. I picked up a couple of extra copies for friends who could not attend. I think the generous availability of the magazine will help in generating more advertisers. My friends and I are really enjoying the articles they are educational and very informative. I personally enjoyed the first hand accounts of shows and traveling to the shows done by Storm Ilouno. It makes me feel like I was there. I met Storm at the Midland Shows this past weekend and he is a breath of fresh air. I plan on advertising a photo of my girl and will get with Storm as soon as my photo arrives.

Thank you for promoting the Hounds.

From: Judith -- posted: 2009-04-05
Love the new look. The depth of the articles is great. Keep up the good work.

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-04-03
For all of those you have diligently searched for Tally in the March issue, I will offer an end to your suffering. Since no one has found him in this issue, we'll call it a draw, with no winner for March. Tally is located on page 18, lower right hand corner, near the bottom of the grass, next to the crease. Still can't see him? Look for a blade of grass lying across his face. I guess we did too good of a job of hiding him! Please look for Tally again in your new April issue. You could be the one to win the $25 Tally Gift Certificate!

From: Tammarie -- posted: 2009-04-03
Welcome to the new Sight & Scent Dog Blog! This space will be used to post things of interest to everyone involved in the hound world. If you have news to share, or a general question, please feel free to post it here. If it is appropriate it will be posted on the website. Please refrain from any negative comments. Let's keep it fun, upbeat and informational. Enjoy, Tammarie