52 entries, a handful of volunteers, and a LOT of heart. That’s what it took to successfully pull off the 2020 Western Classic and Western Field Futurity, an event that was swiftly put together in November by members of the Southland Weimaraner Club in a final attempt to salvage what was left of a COVID-ridden year.

Keri Cassinelli on Clyde watching her dog, Singas

The event was held in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, with entries coming from as far north as Oregon and as far east as New Mexico. Dogs ran in spectacular weather conditions, and had plentiful, good-flying birds. Handlers stayed on their horses and made it around the rocky hillsides, bird planters zipped along between braces replenishing the courses, and back at camp, folks scurried around making sure (pre-packaged) food was on the table and everyone had plenty of (bottled) water.

Julia Pond, Kristi Salse, and Jana DeTevis

It must be noted that members of the Southland Weimaraner Club (SWC) are truly a special bunch of people. To have the blesssing from the Board to put on a regional trial without much notice was tremendous. Offers for help were given before it was even asked. Bob and Vickie Margolis brought out their RV and stayed all week to help as needed, even though they personally did not have any entries. Carly Devine ordered beautiful rosettes and totes and coordinated a delivery of fun merchandise. Even Lou D’Alessandro, who was supposed to be out of town, showed up for a day and helped relieve Carlos DeTevis of bird planting duties. Charles and Kristi Salse replenished the water buffalo (twice!) and went into town to grab (pre-packaged) lunches. Dona Tanaka couldn’t make it onto the grounds, but sent in some items for our silent auction fundraiser. Jana DeTevis and Beth Worrell double-handedly got all the paperwork and accounting in order, and even Barry Burnell made a couple of special appearances to deliver much-needed supplies for his wife.

Judges Jeff Rhine and Gregg Knight

A special thank you as well to those not within the SWC, but contributed invaluable resources to make this event happen. While nursing a recent injury, Jeff Rhine sat in the saddle to judge for us everyday. Raul Pineda took a day off of work to judge for us. Judge Julia Pond flew in all the way from Idaho as well. And Gregg Knight had us covered in three different stakes. Ellis Hertz not only judged but gunned for us as well, and Ken Kraft loaned us his quad for bird-planting purposes. Shari Hardi organized the porta-potty and loaned us supplies from the California Brittany Club and Brian Jean took time out of his day to set up all three courses for us. Terry Zygalinski came down from Northern CA with a trailer full of walking horses for rent. Last, but certainly not least, was Warren Eizman (also on the injured reserve list), behind the scenes making sure we had courses, birds, and water.

In an era where field trials are not as robust as what they once were, we rely on every. single. person. possible. to support our club and and make our event possible. It was incredibly heartwarming to have so many field trial friends, whether they be Weimaraner owners, Vizsla owners, Brittany owners, Shorthair owners, Wirehaired owners, etc. come out and help, just to be helpful.

Finally, a big thank you to the breeders, owners, trainers, and handlers of the 52 entries. It takes a village to develop and produce field trial dogs, and many have an important role in that process.

Without further ado, we present this year’s placements!!!

Amateur Gun Dog

Judges: Jim House and Jeff Rhine

1. “Reign” – Trax Free Reign at Sky Ranch (NAFC AFC Snake Breaks Sargent Von Reiteralm x FC AFC One Trax Mind), b/Marilyn James & Shirley Nilsson o/Lisa and Jon DeLeonardo h/ Lisa DeLeonardo
2. Withheld
3. Withheld
4. Withheld

Field Futurity

Judges: Ellis Herz and Jeff Rhine

1. “Thor” – Trax Thunderbird (Trax Search Engine x CH Trax the Light Fantastic), b/ Marilyn James & Shirley Nilsson o/ Holly McKnight & Shirley Nilsson h/ Todd Yamamoto
2. “Prim” – BaseCamp von Barrett Evening Primrose (MK’s Echo x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
3. “Shadow” – Silver Rain’s Shadow Trax (FC AFC PM Trax Trigger Happy x Trax Ivy League), b/Terry Meek & Megan Bastien o/ David & Melissa Dugan h/ Leslie Like
4. “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

Open Derby

Judges: Gregg Knight and Julia Pond

1. “Shadow” – Silver Rain’s Shadow Trax (FC AFC PM Trax Trigger Happy x Trax Ivy League), b/Terry Meek & Megan Bastien o/ David & Melissa Dugan h/ Leslie Like
2. “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
3. “Sierra” – BaseCamp von Barrett Western Flint (Bespoke von Trax x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
4. Withheld

Open Gun Dog

Judges: Gregg Knight and Jeff Rhine

1. “Sparkle” – Trax Edenrock Fireworks One (CH Sanbar’s Truly Legendary x CH Trax Edenrock One Hot Mama CD), b/Cindy Cerne & Shirley Nilsson, o/Anabel Schafnit & Cindy Cerne & Shirley Nilsson h/Todd Yamamoto
2. “Tazer” – Grau Geist-N-Knights Light-Em Up (NAFC GFCH FCH Grau Geist’s Texas City Slicker x Reiteralm Shine on Brymar Knights), b/o Gene Mason & Holly McKnight h/Todd Yamamoto
3. “Reign” – Trax Free Reign at Sky Ranch (NAFC AFC Snake Breaks Sargent Von Reiteralm x FC AFC One Trax Mind), b/Marilyn James & Shirley Nilsson o/Lisa and Jon DeLeonardo h/ Lisa DeLeonardo
4. “Socks” – Trax Business Time (GCH CH Breica’s Extreme Exposure x CH Trax Tour de Force VCD1 BN RE OFP CA CGC), b/Sarah Jones & Shirley Nilsson, o/David Schafnit & Sarah Jones h/Todd Yamamoto

Open Puppy

Judges: Raul Pineda and Julia Pond

1. “Atlas” – Touchstone’s Holder of the Sky (DC Knight-N-Reiteralm’s Heartland Flyer x Brymar N’ Touchstone’s Los Angeles), b/Jeffrey Toms & Anne Taguchi h/ Jeffrey Toms
2. “Sierra” – BaseCamp von Barrett Western Flint (Bespoke von Trax x CH Barrett’s Lady Grey), b/o Erin Smith & Kim Burnell h/Terry Chandler
3. “Truck” – Silverpoint N Rain Long Haul Trucker (FC AFC AFCH Silver Rain N Edelweiss Traxion Tire x Silvershot’s Gotta Love Silverpoint Savvy), b/Scott & Shelley Banzhaf, o/h Leslie Like
4. “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

Thank you ALL, and hope to see you in the not-too-distant future!!!

 – Kim Burnell, Southland Weimaraner Club Field Trial Chair and 2020 Western Event Chair

Leslie Like and Terry Zygalinski celebrated their 22nd and 25th birthdays with us

Merchandise and silent auction table

Merchandise and silent auction table

Brent and Teddy in the Open Puppy stake

Shelby in the Open Puppy stake

Open Puppy course

Jeffrey Toms and Atlas, and Carly Devine and Temu at the start of the Open Puppy course

Jeffrey Toms and Atlas

Beth Worrell and Max

Curt Cress and Sierra

Terry Chandler giving Lani Saxton an afternoon pony ride

Dominique Gallagher riding Clyde to see a bit of the Open Gun Dog course

Lisa DeLeonardo in the gallery on the Open Gun Dog course

Beth Worrell and Soba on a find on the Open Gun Dog course

Camp gathering 

First Place Open Puppy goes to Jeffrey Toms and Atlas!

More humor at camp

Outtake # 1 of getting ready for placement photos

Outtake # 2 of getting ready for placement photos

Outtake # 3 of getting ready for placement photos

Lani Saxton proudly carrying a Fourth Place ribbon for a dog her dad bred

Time for happy hour! 

Jim House and Leslie Like

Terry Chandler with Sierra

Bird planter extraordinnaire Carlos DeTevis, Field Trial Secretary Jana DeTevis, and future Field Trialer Dominique Gallagher

Starting line… with donuts

Donuts, anyone?!

Open Gun Dog course

Todd Yamamoto handling

Todd Yamamoto handling

Getting ready for callbacks

A view of Camp H

One of our message boards

Kelly Bagley riding “Cookie”

Charles Salse on the Amateur Gun Dog course with Baja

Vickie Margolis handing out ribbons

Congratulations to Todd for Second Place with Tazer!

Vickie Margolis handing out the First Place ribbon to Sparkle!!! Owner Anabel Schafnit and handler Todd Yamamoto

Leslie Like and Lisa DeLeonardo at the start of the Open Derby course

Congratulations to Anabel and Sparkle!!!

Curt Cress and Pax

Carlos DeTevis getting ready to run Soba

First Place Open Gun Dog for Team Sparkle!!!

A future Field Trialer coming to check out the action

Kim Urbani, Kelly Bagley, and Beth Worrell

Dessie (Hansen) Butterworth came by to say hello!!!! 

Everett Butterworth, Dessie Hansen Butterworth and John Nelssen

Lani, Dapper Dan, and Kim

A Weimaraner having a lot of fun being a bird dog

Hello, friends! The Southland Weimaraner Club is pleased to announce the following details for the 2020 Western Field Classic and Western Field Futurity. Please contact Kim at 949-278-2981 or via email at kim@barrettweimaraners.com with any questions. The premium may also be downloaded, here.

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Weimaraner Club of America
AKC Member

2020 Western Field Classic and Western Field Futurity

HOST CLUB – Southland Weimaraner Club

Event Number:  2020168427

November 10, 2020 to conclusion

Camp H (formerly Castle Butte Wells Area), California City, CA

This trial will be run under the flexible format and the club reserves the right to rearrange the running order of the stakes and add/rearrange judges if conditions warrant.

This field trial is held under the Rules and Procedures of the American Kennel Club.

All stakes open to Weimaraners only
Bitches in season may compete in any stake.

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DISCLAIMER: An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. COVID-19 is a contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and possibly death. By attending this event you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. The FT Committee and the Weimaraner Club of America assume no responsibility related to COVID-19.

FIELD TRIAL SECRETARY: Jana DeTevis

Mail entries with checks payable to Jana DeTevis

Mail to: Jana De Tevis, 13548 Barkley Pl, Chino, CA 91710

Phone: 949-278-2981 Email: kim@barrettweimaraners.com

All entries must be complete and have a signature to be drawn.

Entry fees may be paid by Venmo, Zelle or PayPal. Contact kim@barrettweimaraners.com for details. $4.00 additional per entry.

Please indicate dog and stake.

NO DOG WILL BE DRAWN WITHOUT AN ENTRY FEE!

**Walking Handlers: Please indicate on the entry if you are walking.

 

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Entries will close at

6:00 PM on Monday, November 2, 2020

Drawing will take place at 6:00 PM on Monday, November 2, 2020
117 S. Robinson St, Tehachapi, CA 93561

Judges and Stakes to be Judged

Grand Open Ltd All Age

Jim House, Battle Ground, WA & Ellis Herz, Sherman Oaks, CA

Field Futurity

Ellis Herz, Sherman Oaks, CA & Jeff Rhine, Encinitas, CA

Open Gun Dog

Jeff Rhine, Encinitas, CA & Ellis Herz, Sherman Oaks, CA

Open Derby

Julia Pond, Coeur D’Alene, ID & Greg Knight, Alta Loma, CA

Amateur Gun Dog

Raul Pineda, Palmdale, CA & Julia Pond, Coeur D’Alene, ID

Open Puppy

Greg Knight, Alta Loma, CA & Jeff Rhine, Encinitas, CA

Stakes, Schedule and Entry Fees

 Courses and Birds

All stakes shall be run on a single course. Chukar and/or quail shall be released in all stakes except the puppy stake. Chukar and/or quail will be used for retrieving – callbacks at judges’ discretion. Grand Open Ltd All Age, Open Gun Dog and Amateur Gun Dog are retrieving stakes. Horseback handling will be permitted in all stakes.

A blank cartridge will not be fired in the Puppy stake.

Tracking collars will be permitted in all stakes as per AKC rules. 

Prizes

Trophies & Standard AKC rosettes to all placed dogs.

WCA Rotating Trophies to the first place dog in Grand Open Ltd All Age, Field Futurity and Amateur Gun Dog.

Payouts 

50% of the entry fees (Net of Ground Fees and Other Such Fees) in the Grand Open Limited All Age, Open Derby and Open Gun Dog stakes to be divided as follows:

40%-30%-20%-10% if four placements

50%-30%-20% if three placements

70%-30% if two placements

If first through fourth place in a money stake are withheld, the prize money portion of the entries will be retained by the WCA and added to the same stake’s purse next year.

Futurity placements awarded according to WCA Field Futurity Rules.

Officers

John Bonner, President, 25 Dresden Ct, Erial, NJ 08081

Cindy James-Moore, Vice Pres., 1200 Union Wine Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78130

Vickie Margolis, 13324 Sutton St, Cerritos, Ca 90703

Robbe McAlexander, PO Box 2116, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 

Field Trial Committee

Kim Burnell, Chair, 22394 William Tell Tr, Tehachapi, CA 93561

Jana DeTevis, Secretary, Carly Devine, Vickie Margolis, Janene Maxwell,         Charles and Kristi Salse 

Field Trial Marshal
Kim Burnell

Captain of the Guns
Charles Salse

LODGING:

Best Western California City Inn and Suites, 10386 California City Blvd, California City, CA 93505, 760-373-1369

Motel 6 Mojave, 16958 State Route 58, Mojave, CA 93501, 661-219-0784

Holiday Inn Express and Suites Tehachapi, 901 Capital Hills Parkway, Tehachapi, CA 93561, 661-833-9837

PRIMITIVE “DRY” CAMPING: Is permitted and a Porta-Potty on site.

HORSES: Wrangler horses will be available through Terry Zygalinski at $120 per day or $75 for a half day. Submit reservation via email to kim@barrettweimaraners.com. Include which stake(s) you plan to ride.

WATER: Water will be on the grounds for horses. Please bring your own water for dogs.

WEATHER: Please be prepared for all types of weather.

HAY: Available at City/ACE Hardware, 7594 California City Blvd, California City, CA 93505. 760-373-1116

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that California City requires a permit for ATV’s operating within city limits (including Camp H). The fee is $15/year ~ Fines are $500. Riding wearing a helmet is also required. Permits can be purchased at “Borax Bill” Park or at 9 businesses in California City.

ATTEND AT YOUR OWN RISK: The Weimaraner Club of America, the Southland Weimaraner Club, their officers, directors, membership and landowners assume no responsibility for participants or spectators in the event of injury or damage to animals, persons or property. All participants and spectators are responsible for their own actions and are reminded that horses are inherently dangerous and unpredictable animals.

MEALS: Lunch and Dinner on the grounds by the food team. Cost TBD.

COVID-19 Considerations: Masks or face coverings must be worn indoors. Additional safety requirements will be based on AKC Best Practices, State of California, and Local Guidelines.

MANY THANKS TO PURINA & SPORTDOG, OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!

Camp H, California City (N 35.1931 – W 117.7092)

Directions from Los Angeles:

Go north on Highway 14 to California City turnoff, turn right and go 10.3 miles through California City to the first stop sign after you go under the bridge.

At the end of the golf course, turn left at Randsburg-Mojave Road.

Bear right at the Y to transition to Twenty Mule Team Road and follow signs to Silver Saddle Ranch about 13 miles. Pass Silver Saddle Ranch, and continue straight on Twenty Mule Team Road for 1.7 miles to Tulane Road. You will see 3 green and blue tires in a rack on the south side of Tulane Road. Turn right onto Tulane Road and go about 2 miles to the grounds.

See map or search for “Camp H, California City” on Google Maps for other ways to get to the grounds, but we will not have signs posted.

Directions from Kramer Junction:

Go 18.7 m8iles north onto US-395 to Twenty Mule Team Parkway.

Go west on Twenty Mule Team Parkway for 6 miles. You will see 3 green and blue tires on a rack on the south side of Tulane Road. Turn right onto Tulane Road and go about 2 miles to the grounds.

Download the premium, here.

2019 Southland Weimaraner Club Specialties and

WCA Western Futurity and Maturity

Camarillo, California

July 4 & 5, 2019

The 2019 Southland Weimaraner Club Specialties and WCA Futurity and Maturity are a wrap and in the books.  Luckily, unlike last year’s blistering 103° heat, this year the weather gods smiled upon us with slightly overcast mornings in the 60s, afternoon temperatures in the mid 70s with the occasional sea breeze.  In other words, perfect dog show weather.

This year’s Show Committee: Gina Grissom, July 4 show chair, Linda D’Alessandro, July 5 show chair; Jo-Ann Rosenberg, Dona Tanaka, Mary McElwee, Carley Devine, Jordan Dickenson, and Rachel Aguilar spent months working through the issues and ironing out the details including:  judges, grounds, trophies and hospitality.  However, a big thank you also goes out to a very special group of members:  Bob and Vickie Margolis, Brad Rosenberg, Walt Freshour, Keith Pautz, Brenda Barnette, Pam Hutson, and Louise Brady, who, in addition to caring and showing their own dogs, pitched in before, during and after the shows to do the “heavy lifting” involved in set up, hospitality and tear down.

Much appreciation goes out to Gwen Lattin (show secretary), Lani McKennon (ring steward) and our judges:  Melissa Hampton, who came all the way from Maryland to judge our Sweeps; Debbie Campbell Freeman (July 4 Specialty), Sam Houston McDonald (Futurity/Maturity), Pam Murphy (Obedience), and Barbara Dempsey Alderman (July 5, Specialty).

Last but not least, a huge shout out to all the exhibitors who came in from far and wide to show their dogs.  This year brought in exhibitors from not only out of state, but also from Canada and England. Congratulations on your wins!  We hope you enjoyed your stay and had a safe trip home.

Congratulations to all the winners!

24^th ANNUAL WEIMARANER  FESTIVAL

Southland Weim Club 2018 Sanctioned Match

Thank You – To all who came and shared the day with us – and enabled us to make our 24^th donation to Weimaraner Rescue, www.friendsforpets.org

Saturday, November 17^TH at Woodley Park was another day of perfect weather!  Cool, sunny and no wind!  The set up crew consisting of myself, Mary McElwee, Louise Brady, Dona Tanaka & Sue McMahan showed up bright and early at 7am to set up the canopies & tables & the ring, to unload all the raffle prizes and trick dog equipment, and cordon off our picnic tables for lunch.  Stephanie Schuster & Linda D’Alessandro arrived soon after with more equipment & prizes – and help with the raffle and entry tables.

Once the raffle table was organized, the signs were posted and our dogs were walked – we sat down to wait –and wait – and wait.

Guess what – NOBODY SHOWED UP FOR THE MATCH!  So we had a nice long 3-1/2 hours by ourselves at the park.  We did have our General Meeting, so we were able to use the time.

Around 10:30am the Friends For Pets crew showed up to set up their booth and the Weim owners and their dogs began to arrive.  Unfortunately the attendance was much less than previous years, while we can’t be sure exactly why we speculated that the fires in the Thousand Oaks to Malibu area and the subsequent travel difficulties must have had an impact on those who might have come.

In spite of that – those of us who were there had a great time!

The Rescue Parade had a good number of participants and we had a MARRIAGE PROPOSAL!  Yes, that’s right – he got down on one knee right there in the middle of the Rescue Parade.  Dona took lots of pictures and we all got teary eyes.  The newly engaged couple met after having adopted Weims from Friends For Pets, and their love grew with their love of Weimaraners.

What a great day.

After the yummy potluck lunch, we had Trick Dog evaluations.   And 5 dogs earned Novice Trick dog titles, 4 were owned by club members and 1 was a FFP adoptee!

SWC Member Novice Trick Dog Title Earners:

Touchstone’s Hook N’ Hollow, TKN (Zipper) – owned by Sue McMahan,

Star’s Electrical Output, TKN (Amp) – owned by Dona Tanaka

CH Silversmith Chiquita Bonita, CD RN JH SD TKN (Fin) – owned by Dona Tanaka

CH Hat’s Off N Heirlooms Abbey Road, RN TKN (Abbey) – owned by Gina Grissom

THANK YOU!         To the SWC CREW who provided the elbow grease (plus canopies, tables and rings) to make the Festival & Match possible.  A small but mighty group!   Special Thanks to Mary McElwee who hauled a lot of stuff (including a very stinky canopy) – as she has done each year for 24 years.

AND THANK YOU!   To everyone who contributed Raffle Prizes.  The prizes and baskets that all of us who came, club members and rescue volunteers alike, were able to provide enabled us to put on another fabulous raffle!

AND OF COURSE THANK YOU!         To Diane Monahan and her terrific volunteers who help those lucky dogs we see at the Festival find their forever homes.

 

Gina Grissom

Festival & Match Chair

RECAP OF THE 2018 SOUTHLAND WEIMARANER CLUB OF LA’S SPECIALTY

Some things old, Some things new……..

Some things Old:  Same hard working club members came out to put on another great specialty, a BIG THANK YOU to Rachel Aguilar for being our leader and Show Chair, this never would have happened without all of Rachel’s hard work and attention to what needed to be done, and her ability to see to it that it got done.  Jo Ann Rosenberg for bringing the tents, table covers, hospitality shade, organizing the pot-luck, getting the sandwiches, ordering the trophies and hauling it all in.  Dona Tanaka for helping Jo Ann with trophies and hospitality and basically keeping us all sane and organized!  Jo Ann, Dona, Bob Margolis, Rachel, Louise Brady, Lou & Linda D’Alessandro, Gina Grissom, Mary McElwee, Walt Freshour and Yours Truly for setting it all up the day before and tearing it all down when we were done.  Gil, we missed you there for set-up, but so happy you were able to join us later during the weekend, it wouldn’t be the same without seeing your big smile, and laughing at us all for doing this year in and year out!  Linda Millstone, didn’t mean to leave you out, another helpful hand in setting things up, and as our ring steward for both shows, I know sometimes getting us all in and out of the ring can be a lot like herding cats!  Another big thank you to all that brought delicious salads, sides and best of all…desserts!  We always seem to eat well, don’t we?

Some things New:  Well, it was a completely new site!  Gorgeous grounds, beautiful green grass at a historical old venue with an interesting history.  For those that thought this was always a UC Campus, well, up until 1997 this was a state mental institution, and has been used as a setting in many movies, music videos, and TV shows including (but by no means a complete list) The Snake Pit staring Olivia de Havilland, ‘N Sync’s set for “I Drive Myself Crazy: video, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Ring, Magnum P.I, and The Big Bang Theory.  Many of the original buildings are still there in all the 1930’s mission-style glory.

Yes, there was some confusion as to what we could and couldn’t do, some complications with loading/unloading, parking, and yep, the heat…We had record breaking heat for this weekend, and to say it was hot is just an understatement and we’ll leave it at that. There was plenty of water and ice available for handlers and dogs and it was much appreciated!

While there is nothing any of us can do about the weather, the Bench Committee did solicit your input to what issues you perceived, and what might be done to help eliminate those issues and help make this venue work better for us going forward.  I hope you all took time to give Dona your thoughts!

In the end, it was another great weekend kicked off by the SWC Specialty, lots of grey dogs, lots of talking, catching up with old friends and fanciers of the breed, meeting new members and those new to the breed, and just enjoying our beautiful Weimaraners.  Best of CONGRATULATIONS to all those that won trophies and ribbons, but in the end, each one of us took the best dog home.  I think I can safely say the Board, and the Bench Committee thanks each and every one of you for your support.  Can’t wait till next year!!

– Dona Tanaka