Yes, it is a separate Foundation. It was formed by Gene Tenges, Bob Williamson, and others back in the 1980s. It has its own BOD and its own by-laws. Board members pay their own expenses to a meeting in the spring to discuss grants to support, etc. We also usually have a meeting at the National. Until last year we have had a Foundation Benefit on Friday evening at the National but with others hosting free events we were no longer getting much support and so this year did not have it. You can go to our web site to learn more about us - _www.agsdcf.org_ (http://www.agsdcf.org) Tish In a message dated 12/27/2011 5:19:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stormy435@xxxxxxxxx writes: I'm learning that the AGSDCF is a separate entity, a 501c3 organization. Interesting Storm On Dec 27, 2011, at 1:38 PM, _TISHW@xxxxxxxx (mailto:TISHW@xxxxxxx) wrote: The American German Shepherd Dog Charitable Foundation should be listed. Tish In a message dated 12/27/2011 2:54:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, _stormy435@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:stormy435@xxxxxxxxx) writes: There are some interesting articles in this one. It lists, from AKC CHF, a number of Breed clubs that have Parent Club Health Foundations. The GSDCA isn't listed. Hmmmmm Stormyy Begin forwarded message: From: "Ed Gilbert, Jr." <_gilbertk9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:gilbertk9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > Date: December 26, 2011 7:30:24 PM PST To: "E M Gilbert" <_gilbertk9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:gilbertk9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > Subject: Gilberts' K-9 Seminars N&R, Vol.9 Issue 1 Part 3, January 2012 GILBERTSâ?? K-9 SEMINARS NEWS & REVIEW VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1, Part 3 January 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Gilbertsâ?? K-9 Seminars HAPPY NEW YEAR. â??A well balanced dog has a title at both ends.â?? ENVIRONMENTAL NOTICE No trees were killed in the creation of this issue of K-9 News & Review. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. â??Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.â?? Thomas Jefferson MISSION STATEMENT The mission and goal of Gilbertsâ?? K-9 Seminars is to serve breeders, conformation and performance exhibitors, handlers, trainers, judges and other enthusiasts who comprise the sport of purebred dogs through educational Seminars. The goal of the educational Seminars is to provide comprehensive and conclusive information on canine structure and movement. The goal of this information is to provide for the promotion of showing and breeding for type and function of healthy purebred dogs based on breed specific facts. In the meeting of these goals attendees will become independent thinkers and will be challenged to properly evaluate dogs, thereby preparing them to be a more intelligent breeder, exhibitor, handler and judge. ...snip... â??A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.â?? REMEMBERING â?? CONVERSATIONS WITH ELSWORTH GAMBLE By E. M. Gilbert Jr. Elsworth Gamble was an honest dyed in the wool dog man and judge. His in ring demeanor was kind to the exhibit, and his hands told a story. He was quick in his decision making process and he did not suffer fools. When he was on a panel and I could make the show â?? I always spent some time watching Elsworth â?? as I felt he was just about the best judge in the sport. Plus you could learn about a breed just by watching him judge. He knew breed type and his breed specific judging told you what was important in that breed. His hands spoke volumes. At one show, after he finished his breeds, I and several other judges engaged Elsworth in a discussion. Elsworth was asked why he put so many puppies to winners and breed. Elsworth asked in return â?? â??What is the purpose of a dog show?â?? Then he stated â?? â??to judge breeding stock, shouldnâ??t the next generation be an improvement over the previous generation?â?? What a lesson, and no preaching, just questions to make you think. On another occasion, Elsworth was asked why he withheld so many ribbons, particularly in the puppy classes. Elsworth then told us a story. â??A breeder friend called him on the phone one day and asked if he (Elsworth) had some free time that afternoon. Elsworth replied â??yes.â?? The friend said he would be over at 1 oâ??clock to pick him up, but he had a condition, Elsworth was not to talk, just come along for the ride and listen. Elsworth agreed to play his friends silly game. His friend had a newspaper with the want ads. He drove to an address listed and they went around to the backyard and into a garage. In the back of the garage there was a glass counter case filled with dog show ribbons and behind the counter was a man. On the walls were many puppy photos. Elsworthâ??s friend said to the man: â??According to this ad you have puppies that are show dogs for sale.â?? The man responded: â??Yes, in fact I do â?? If you want Iâ??ll go in the back and bring a great show dog out.â?? They stayed in the garage while the man went to the kennel runs in back and brought back a terrier puppy. The man placed the puppy on a table and stated â??this one is a great show dog.â?? Elsworth thought otherwise. His friend asked, â??How much for this show dog?â?? This was the 1950â??s â?? â??$500â?? was the response. His friend stated and asked â?? â??I never paid more than five dollars for a dog, but I never had a show dog, how do I know this is a good show dog.â?? The man asked, â??Do you know what a blue ribbon is? It means the dog has won â?? it is a show dog winner.â?? Elsworthâ??s friend responded, â??Gee, I really want a show dog â?? but $500, Iâ??ll have to go check with my wife.â?? The man responded, â??Donâ??t forget with the dog you get all these blue ribbons he won.â?? They went silently and got into the car â?? Elsworth said â??no need to talk, take me home.â?? Elsworth had a reputation for finding the future greats in the breeds he judged. He probably placed more puppies to winners than any other judge and he definitely withheld more placings, rightly so, than any other judge. His judging integrity to upholding the breed Standard and withholding when it was necessary is sadly lacking in the show ring world wide. Elsworth Gamble, breeder, handler, judge, student, teacher, with breed knowledge, integrity, impartiality, and ethics of the highest order. Those that knew him, still miss him. He lives on in memory and his influence is still carried in many breed lines to this day. â??Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.â?? DIAGNOSING PANCREATITIS BEFORE ITâ??S TOO LATE 12/02/2011. This work was funded by AKC Canine Health Foundation Grant 1227-A. Pancreatitis is almost as frustrating for doctors to deal with as it is for dog owners. Itâ??s one of those diagnoses that is incredibly difficult to make before itâ??s too late. The symptoms are vague, and the current tests are hard to perform, unreliable, or both. Thatâ??s why itâ??s so important that researchers continue to hunt for a simple and effective way to diagnose pancreatitis. Itâ??s not an easy task. Diagnostic tests are evaluated on two criteria â?? sensitivity and specificity. The sensitivity of a test measures how good it is at detecting dogs that have the condition itâ??s looking for. A diagnostic test for pancreatitis with a sensitivity of 85% would correctly identify 85 out of every 100 dogs with pancreatitis as having the disease. In contrast, the specificity of a test measures how well it identifies dogs who donâ??t have the condition of interest. A diagnostic test for pancreatitis with a specificity of 90% would correctly identify 90 out of every 100 healthy dogs as not having pancreatitis. The thing is, the usefulness of a test depends on not just sensitivity and specificity but how common a condition is in the population where the test is being used. After all, in the vetâ??s office, you donâ??t know if any dog has pancreatitis or not â?? thatâ??s what youâ??re trying to find out. However, if you know how common pancreatitis is, and the sensitivity and specificity of the test youâ??re using, you can determine its positive predictive value â?? the likelihood that any positive test you get is actually accurate. Thatâ??s important because you donâ??t want to treat a dog for pancreatitis if you donâ??t need to, but you do want to intervene if it will help. A positive predictive value of 85 tells you that 85 out of every 100 dogs who test positive are actually sick â?? a much more valuable statistic for the clinician than the sensitivity. In fact, it turns out that the positive predictive value is actually far more dependent on the specificity of the test than the sensitivity in most circumstances. All of that explains why, with the help of support from the AKC Canine Health Foundation, researchers from theUniversity of California, Davis recently set out to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of a new blood test for pancreatitis and compare it to several other blood tests that might be useful in detecting the disease. The developers of the test, known as the Spec cPL, had determined its sensitivity as 63.6%, but they hadnâ??t figured out how specific it was â?? which meant it was difficult to tell how accurate any positive results might be. One previous study had investigated the same question, but more data was clearly needed. They got it. The scientists found that the Spec cPL was relatively sensitive and specific, depending on the specific cut off values used for the tests. There was a tradeoff, as there often is, found when they chose different cut off levels â?? increasing the sensitivity of the test came at the expense of specificity, and vice versa. However, Spec cPL clearly provided better diagnostic results than any of the other tests they tried, giving hope that it might one day ease the diagnosis of canine pancreatitis. Further research is still needed, particularly as the study contained few dogs with healthy pancreases, which could affect the calculated specificities. Still, this research moves us one step closer to a reliable blood test for canine pancreatitis â?? a safer, easier way to start treatment and improve the quality of dogsâ?? lives. Scientific publication: Trivedi, S., Marks, S., Kass, P., Luff, J., Keller, S., Johnson, E. and Murphy, B. (2011), Sensitivity and Specificity of Canine Pancreas- Specific Lipase (cPL) and Other Markers for Pancreatitis in 70 Dogs with and without Histopathologic Evidence of Pancreatitis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 25: 1241â??1247. doi: 10.1111/j. 1939-1676.2011.00793.x â??If breeders had no variations of styles, within TYPE, where would they go to improve and/or take chances of changing their present stock? Breeding does require varying styles to make up a well-rounded gene pool. Not only do we need varying pheotypes, but we need the varying dominant genotype that they may represent to effect change and in developing any kind of difference in our future generations.â?? William Paul Shelton, breeder, AKC judge AKC PARENT CLUB HEALTH FOUNDATIONS Many breed parent clubs have established their own charitable health foundations. This list is provided by the AKC/CHF as a resource for information about the health concerns of the breeds and the work being done to improve canine health by these groups. Alaskan Malamute Research Foundation, Inc. Bouvier Health Foundation American Boxer Charitable Foundation, Inc. American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Charitable Trust American German Shepherd Dog Charitable Foundation, Inc. American Spaniel Club Foundation Basenji Club of America Health Endowment, Inc. Bulldog Club of America Charitable Health Fund, Inc. Cairn Terrier Club of America Foundation Chinese Shar-Pei Charitable Trust Clumber Spaniel Health Foundation Collie Health Foundation Dalmatian Club of America Foundation, Inc. Flat-Coated Retriever Foundation Golden Retriever Foundation Great Dane Club of America Charitable Trust Health and Rescue Foundation of PBGV Club of America Mastiff Club of America Charitable Health Trust Newfoundland Club of America Charitable Trust Pekingese Charitable Foundation, Inc. Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America Charitable Trust Poodle Club of America Foundation, Inc. Portuguese Water Dog Foundation, Inc. Saluki Health Research, Inc. Samoyed Club of America Education & Research Foundation, Inc. The Schipperke Club of America Rescue & Health Foundation Scottish Terrier Club of America Health Trust Fund Siberian Husky Club of America Trust Siberian Husky Health Foundation Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America Endowment Fund Tibetan Spaniel Club of America Rescue and Health Trust Tibetan Terrier Health and Welfare Foundation United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club Charitable Fund, Inc. Vizsla Club of America Welfare Foundation, Inc. Westie Foundation of America, Inc. Yorkshire Terrier Club of America Foundation, Inc. ...snip... SOME ORGANIZATIONS NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT â??Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.â?? Dr. Seuss AKC/CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION, INC. Mission: The Foundation is dedicated to advancing the health of all dogs and their owners by funding sound scientific research and supporting the dissemination of health information to prevent, treat, and cure canine disease. The AKC Canine Health Foundation, founded in 1995, is the largest nonprofit worldwide to fund health research exclusively for canines. Our goal is to help dogs live longer, healthier lives. The AKC Canine Health Foundation is the leader in non-invasive genetic health research, stem cell research, and biotherapeutics benefiting both canines and humans. For more information, visit AKC Canine Health Foundation. If you have questions or need more information, please contact Erica Kitchen, Director of Development & Communications. â??Integrity has no need of rules.â?? Albert Camus TAKE THE LEAD (TTL) Thanks to your support, our total client distribution figure since our inception in 1993, now totals $2,778,136.00. During the first ten months of 2011, TTL was able to distribute in excess of $200,000. Take The Lead was founded in 1993 as a not-for-profit foundation under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service code. All contributions to Take the Lead are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Do you know of any charity like TTL that only employs 2 part time paid employees and everyone else volunteers their time? Unlike many other charities, the monies you donate go to work for the people who need the help the most and not for extraneous things. TTL provides direct services, support and care for people in the sport of purebred dogs who suffer the devastation of life-threatening or terminal illness. Visit the TTL web site at: _www.takethelead.org_ (http://www.takethelead.org/) To donate call: 1-800-814-1123. The 2012 Pins are in â?? order yours now. TTL Booth Schedule â?? Please visit and learn how you can help. January 20-21, 2012; Rose City Classic. Portland, OR February 14-15. New York. Westminster KC February 19-20. Denver. Rocky Mountain Cluster February 26-28. Chicago, IL. IKC. March 16-17. Kansas City, MO Heart of America KC March 16-17. Louisville, KY March 23-25. Raleigh, NC. Tarheel Is your club listed above? Why not? â??Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.â?? Dr. Seuss Please click on the following sites for concerned dog organization links: The American Kennel Club,naiatrust.org, naiaonline.org, California dog organizations links: carpoc.org, and cfodconline.org/. "No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar." Abraham Lincoln KNOW THY FRIENDS: THE NATIONAL ANIMAL INTEREST ALLIANCE The Responsible Voice for Animals and the People Who Care for Them We support the responsible and humane use of animals for food, clothing, medical research, companionship, assistance, recreation, entertainment and educationâ?¦. We support laws that punish animal abusers for their misdeeds, but reject legislation that seeks to penalize everyone â?? responsible animal owners and industries alike for the misconduct of the few. We reject legal standing for animals, believing that the welfare of animals is best protected by retaining current laws that recognize animals as property. We believe that others are entitled to disagree with our point of view, but not to break the law or use threats, lies, intimidation, harassment or violence to force their views on others. For the entire Values Statement and more information on NAIA, please contactl the National Animal Interest Alliance at _www.naiaonline.org_ (http://www.naiaonline.org/) or call 503-761-8962 â??If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.â?? 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