Mustard & Pepper Winter 2022

Table of Contents

President ’ s Message ........................................................ 1 DDTCA Officers & Board of Directors .......................... 1 DDTCA Committee Chairs ............................................. 2 From the Editor : What Did You Do Today? .................. 3 2022 National Specialty Judge ’ s Critique ....................... 4 BLINX ............................................................................ 4 Legislative Report ........................................................... 6 AKC Delegate Report ..................................................... 7 Membership Report ......................................................... 8 Member Updates ............................................................. 8 The Whelping Box .......................................................... 8 AKC Gazette Article: Why a Dandie Dinmont Terrier? . 9 Feature: Length, Shape & Topline of the Dandie ......... 10 Hugo ’ s Invitational ........................................................ 12 Breeder Knowledge College: Importance of Bitches .... 16 From the Editor What did you do for your breed today? Not just what did you do today but what can you do going forward. We all know our breed needs more friends, but our club needs more friends and doers as well. I encourage you all too step up and do just one thing, big or small, for DDTCA and do one more of the following for our breed! It ’ s a new year and time for new people to do some new things! Sandra Pretari Hickson What Did You Do Today? by Caitie Straiton

AKC Meet the Breed: Columbus, Ohio ....................... 18 SAC: National Club Polo Shirts ................................... 19 SAC: Fun with Dandies ................................................ 20 Agility ........................................................................... 21 CHIC List ..................................................................... 22 OFA/CHIC Summary Report for Eyes ......................... 23 CHIC Dandie Dinmont DNA Program ........................ 24 Statistics ........................................................................ 25 Advertising & Subscribing Mustard &Pepper .............. 26 Dandie of the Year Standings ....................................... 27 New Titles .................................................................... 28 Advertising GCH Bonnyrigg Lady Beatrix Potter ............................. 4 CH King ’ s Mtn. Fortune Favors the Brave ....... 13, 14 - 15 Did you post a dog with a failing or abnormal health test result in a public database? Did you allow a necropsy for a dog that passed or was euthanized due to a breed specific health condition cur- rently being researched? Did you provide blood, saliva or semen samples for a breed specific health condition currently being re- searched? Did you approach your breed community because you

had a health condition arise from your breeding that you had never seen before, seeking similar experiences? If someone in your breed community asked about an unidentified adverse health condi- tion they just experienced, and you had ex- perience with prior cases, did you speak up? Did you engage in rational, fact - based dis- cussion about an aspect of your breed [color, coat care, health, nutrition] to dispel

What did you do for your breed today? This year? The past ten years? Ever? How have you preserved, protected, and nur- tured your chosen breed? Not your dogs. Not your program. The breed itself. Did you educate your community via a Meet The Breeds event?

Did you talk an inquiry out of joining your breed, because the breed doesn ’ t suit their lifestyle or needs? Did you form a National or Regional breed club? Did you health test and post public results for a breed with historically low testing participation? Did you produce a litter for an endangered breed? Did you join a National or Regional breed club?

myth? Did you write an article or social media post to educate or dispel misconceptions regarding your breed? Did you make the preservation, protection and nurturing of your breed more important than your personal reputa- tion? What did you do for your breed today? 

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