Welcome to the Southland Weimaraner Club (SWC) website! If this is your first time here, and you are a member of SWC, please take a look around. At any time, you may view our current events, club brags, and other information by looking at the navigation panel above the header photo. You may also read about our club history and club events.
If you are looking for a Weimaraner puppy, please click here for current litters.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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January |
7 |
Southern California Sporting Dog Fanciers, Indio, CA |
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8 – 9 |
Kennel Club of Palm Springs, Indio, CA |
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18 |
SWC General Membership Meeting 6 pm |
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29 |
San Fernando Kennel Club, Seaside Park, Ventura, CA |
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30 |
Los Encinos Kennel Club, Seaside Park, Ventura, CA |
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February |
3 |
Sporting Dog Association of Arizona, Inc., Phoenix, AZ |
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4 |
Valley of the Sun Weimaraner Club, Phoenix, AZ |
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4 – 5 |
Sahuaro State Kennel Club, Phoenix, AZ |
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6 – 7 |
Lost Dutchman Kennel Club, Inc., Phoenix, AZ |
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17 |
SWC Board Meeting 7:30 pm |
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18 – 20 |
Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Fresno, CA |
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25 – 27 |
Silver Bay Kennel Club of San Diego, Del Mar, CA |
Membership Privileges
One of the ways SWC honors your membership is by celebrating your Weimaraners and their accomplishments! If you are a member, Graymatter is proud to spotlight your dog(s) in ‘Show News,’ ratings tests, or other activities our kids participated in around the southland. If you are not a member yet and would like to be included, please join us. Included with this issue is the membership form for SWC. Checks or cash accepted. Contact Membership Coordinator Gina Grissom (see Officers and Directors list below) with any questions.
Graymatter Advertising Rates
One liner brag is free.
Litter announcement, expansive brag or ad to place a dog, all to take approximately a paragraph, will be $5.
¼ page $10,
½ page $15,
full page $25.
An Event announcement (another club, but of interest to our members, and not of personal gain of a club member) $10.
All announcements, brags, ads, etc. must be in a Word document. Images must be jpg.
BRAGS
Congratulations to Gina Grissom and GCHB Hat’s Off N Heirlooms Abbey Road CD RA TKN for great results at the Western Doggie Roundup in Irwindale, CA November 4 – 7. Gina and Abbey earned their Rally Advanced B title with scores of 99/100, 99/100, and 98/100, and their first “Excellent” leg with a score of 97!
A WEIMARANER CHEERLEADER ATTENDS THE NATIONALS
As a self-declared Weimaraner addict, I spend a lot of time reading books in print (and out of print), poring over magazines, collecting Wegman calendars, scrolling through Facebook, and making an effort to attend a Weimaraner Club of America national and/or regional event a couple times a year.
This year, I wasn’t able to bring any of my own Weimaraners to the WCA Nationals in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in October, but it was marvelous to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, sit ringside for a couple of days, cheer on those who exhibited, and celebrate with those who were awarded.
It’s one thing to follow a dog on Instagram, chit-chat with another owner about what a character their dog is, or plug into a pixelated livestream video feed. It’s an entirely different experience to meet a dog, see their personality come to life, and candidly speak with their owners.
In one single room, and for just a couple of days, I sat amongst “the living greats” of our breed knowing that they’ve been producing dogs since before I was born and the Weimaraners they’ve bred are five, seven, even twelve generations behind my own. For the same reason, it was exhilarating to see how nice the bitches were in the Veterans class. The Best Veteran also earned an award of merit. How lovely is that, to know that my two grandkids out of her might carry the same “I’m gonna look good as an oldie” gene?!
On the other end of the spectrum, I also sat ringside to watch the 4-6 month Puppy Competition. We were blessed to have TWO Barrett-bred puppies (from two different breedings) and their owners in the line-up. And the results? Best Puppy in Specialty Show, and Best Opposite as well!!!!!! I’ll happily take some of the credit as one of their breeders, but most of it goes to their owners for teaching them how to gait on a show lead, practicing with them in the dark after work, and making sure that above all else, they HAVE FUN together. #ittakesavillage
For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of attending such an event, I highly recommend it. Use up your Southwest miles and fly in for a couple of days. Seek out the people and dogs you’ve admired over the inter-webs and come home with a broader understanding of how it came to be that you have the dog(s) you have on your bed right now.
The next National Specialty Show will be in Gray Summit, MO, May 9-14, 2022. Hope to see you there! – Kim Burnell
FROM THE WCA
FYI…… For those that are members of the Weimaraner Club of America (WCA) have you checked out the Members Only section? Did you know the WCA has published over 70 years of monthly magazines? Did you know that almost every one of those magazines has been located, scanned, and put up on the website in the members only section? This took countless hours of dedication to scan each page in each issue to make them available for all of us to have access to the rich history of the Weimaraner here in America…Go on, take a look!! Oh, and if you happen to have been gifted or left a collection of old magazines, and there is a particular magazine missing that you have in your possession, please contact the WCA website master at weimclubinfo@gmail.com Cindy will tell you how you can help make this a complete collection!
The members only section does require a login password. The WCA occasionally sends emails to it’s members with news and information. Please check your emails back on/around February 15, 2019 for the log in information. The email will be from Ellen Dodge with the subject as New Feature on WCA Website
And speaking of the WCA Website, you all should have received the following email:
Make your dog a permanent part of WCA history!
A new major update to our WCA website is the addition of a “Records” tab in the menu. This tab contains Conformation (Bench), Field, and Companion event records. We would love to add photos for every dog that appears on any of the records pages so that generations down the road can see the great dogs of our breed’s history.
This is where YOU come in:
Please go through our records pages and look for your dog’s name. Send a photo of your choice to weimclubinfo@gmail.com for each time your dog appears on a record. Your dog will be a part of the Weimaraner history forever!
Photo rules:
1. Please send ONE photo per e-mail, and include your name, your dog’s full name, and the record page that the photo is to be placed on. Also if there is a year please include that.
2. If your dog appears on multiple lists, please send each photo in a separate e-mail.
3. You may use any photo of your dog that you wish.
4. Our website must follow the guidelines of the WCA magazine, and cannot accept photos of dogs with obvious disqualifying faults (sorry!)
Any questions?
Please e-mail Jan Hare, WCA webmaster – weimclubinfo@gmail.com
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…
Whether you live with a Grand Champion show dog, a Rescue you have given a better life to, or Weimaraner you raised from a puppy as your family dog – they are all beloved pets. And there are strong reasons to do more with that Gray friend.
I’ve always said a Weimaraner needs a job, and a purpose in life. It doesn’t much matter if it’s a job he/she has to do every day, or just on occasion, they need to have a purpose other than re-decorating your home, redesigning your landscape, or changing the physical architecture of you home.
Having a “job” keeps their mind active and engaged. Having a “job” helps keep them physically active. And having a “job” helps them to socially interact and connect with other dogs and people.
Lucky for us in this day and age, the AKC offers many more things for ALL owners to do with their dogs, than they did just 10 years ago. ANY Weimaraner can participate in Obedience, Rally, Agility, Hunt Tests, Dock-diving, Fast-Cat, Trick Dog, Canine Good Citizen, Nose-Work, and so much more. For all of these activities they don’t need to have “papers” and they can be neutered.
Come on out to the Match and Festival on November 12, and learn about how you can unlock the potential in your Weimaraner, whether he/she is a Rescue or a Show Dog it makes no difference. Your friend and companion can have fun, work and learn about the AKC Trick Dog program at this year’s Festival. Just one of the things that can help build the bond with family members, strengthen confidence, and most importantly give your Weimaraner a “JOB” that they will look forward to doing with you.
– Respectfully, Vickie Margolis, with the help of Gina!
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New Point Schedule for AKC Shows, Division 9 – California
Effective As of May 11, 2021
For complete Conformation Championship requirements see Chapter 16 of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows. The Points toward a Championship shall be awarded to the Winners Dog and Bitch of each breed or variety based on the actual number of dogs or bitches competing in that breed or variety.
If the dog designated Winners Dog or Winners Bitch is also awarded Best of Breed or Variety, the dogs of both sexes that have been entered for Best of Breed or Variety competition and that have been defeated in such competition, shall be counted in addition to the dogs that completed in the regular classes for its sex in calculating championship points.
If the dog designated Winners Dog or Winners Bitch is also awarded Best of Opposite Sex to Best of Breed or Variety, the dogs of its own sex that have been entered for Best of Breed or Variety competition that have been defeated in competition for Best of Opposite Sex, shall be counted in addition to the dogs that completed in the regular classes for its sex in calculating championship points.
After points have been computed for Winners Dog and Winners Bitch subject to the above two stipulations, the dog awarded the Best of Winners shall be credited with the number of points calculated for Winners Dog or Winners Bitch, whichever is greater.
In counting the number of eligible dogs in competition, a dog that is disqualified, or that is dismissed, excused or ordered from the ring by the judge, or from which all awards are withheld shall not be included. Any dog which shall have won fifteen points shall become a Champion of Record, if six or more of said points shall have been won at two shows with a rating of three or more championship points each and under two different judges, and some one or more of the balance of said points shall have been won under some other judge or judges than the two judges referred to above.
SCHEDULE OF POINTS FOR DIVISION 9 – EFFECTIVE MAY 11, 2021
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| DOGS | BITCHES | DOGS | BITCHES | DOGS | BITCHES | DOGS | BITCHES | DOGS | BITCHES | ||||||
| WEIMARANER | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | |||||
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LATEST FIELD TRIAL NEWS
Western Classic and Field Futurity November 2020
Placements from dogs bred, owned, or handled by SWC members at the time the event was held:
- Second Place Field Futurity
- “Prim” – BaseCamp von Barrett Evening Primrose (MK’s Echo x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
- Fourth Place Field Futurity
- “Teddy” – Barrett BaseCamp v. L&L Teddy Bear Cholla (MK’s Echo x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/ Erin Smith & Kim Burnell o/Brent & Amanda Saxton h/Brent Saxton
- Second Place Open Derby
- “Nacho” – BW Touchstone’s Skip a Heartbeat (Silvershot’s Otto von Knapp x Heartbeat’s Bird Field Bliss), b/Kim Burnell o/Anne Taguchi h/ Beth Worrell
- Third Place Open Derby
- “Sierra” – BaseCamp von Barrett Western Flint (Bespoke von Trax x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
- Second Place Open Puppy
- “Sierra” – BaseCamp von Barrett Western Flint (Bespoke von Trax x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
- Fourth Place Open Puppy
- “Captain” – L&L von Barrett First Avenger (Sire: Rugerheim’s Royal Prince v. Barrett x CH Barrett’s Primorial Princess), b/Brent & Amanda Saxton o/Kim Burnell & Brent Saxton h/Terry Chandler
SWC WEBSITE UPDATE
Check out the new section that has been added!! This is where our Club members can share Photos and Brags about their dogs.