club trial

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DSCSD continues to celebrate the amazing German Shepherd dog and hosted a club trial on Fiesta Island April 21 and 22, 2023. For the third club trial in a row, we welcomed Bernhard Prem from Kitzbuhel, Austria as our SV judge. A total of 10 dogs participated in the trial with the following results:

Derek Kinninger and his dog Finn earned their AD and BH titles

Brenda Arao and her dog A'Behnaz earned their AD title

Bernardino Orozco and his dog Bob (handled by Angel Nicanor) earned their AD title

Totee Setthachuea and his dog Caleigh earned their BH title

Thomas Schoder and his dog Gipsy earned their BH title

Gina Clemeaux and her dog Giorgia earned their BH title

Kimberly Ratliff and her dog Creed (handled by Steve House) earned their BH title

Kimberly Ratliff and her dog Epic earned their BH title

Leisa Tilley and her dog Quinn (handled by Zeke Rudd) earned their BH title

Christine Barker and her dog Ansell earned their IGP1 title

  Thank you to Thomas Schoder and Gina Clemeaux and their dogs Giorgia and Gipsy for joining us all the way from Melba, ID.

 
A very special thanks to our club helper, Victor Belanich, who completed his fourth club trial as our club helper. His tireless work again won high praise from Judge Bernhard Prem.

Finally, all of the club members wish to offer thanks to Mike McKinney, Linda Stafford, and Leon Luszcz for all of their time and dedication to the club.

DSCSD welcomed SV Körmeister and Conformation Judge Erich Bösl all the way from Schwandorf, Germany to oversee our breed survey and conformation show. Mr. Bösl is a well-respected breeder under the kennel name von der Piste Trophe and has produced many award winning German Shepherd dogs over the years.

Six amazing German Shepherds were presented for the breed survey on Saturday. Kaili von Haus Gerstenberg, owned by Sally Schoder, and Efo di Casa Caputi, owned by Linda Lundborg, completed a re-survey after interruption and will be eligible for a lifetime breed survey in 2025.

These four dogs completed lifetime breed surveys:

• Bob Dell'Alto Ofanto, owned by Bernardino Orozco
• Karlsson von der Wilden Dreizehn, owned by Linda Lundborg
• Hännes von der Brucknerallee, owned by Thomas Schoder
• Brando vom Lundborg-Land, owned by Linda and Brian Stafford

Our conformation show at Robb Field saw 29 beautiful German Shepherds strut their stuff. Every dog presented very well and received valuable critique from Mr. Bösl. Highlighting the show were V1 ratings awarded to the following Working Class dogs:

• Bianka von der Kriegerstadt (Female, Stock Coat), owned by Freddy Diego
• Karlsson von der Wilden Dreizehn (Male, Long Stock Coat), owned by Linda Lundborg
• Efo di Casa Caputi (Male, Stock Coat), owned by Linda Lundborg

A very special thanks to the following:

Alethea Caldwell-Munsinger for sharing her wealth of knowledge in every

corner of this sport and for securing the trophies for this event.

Gretchen Weinzimer for her many hours behind the scenes producing a

wonderful catalog.

Abhai Kaul for his amazing graphic artistry throughout the catalog.

Sally Schoder for all the behind-the-scenes assistance.

Thomas Schoder for lending his helper expertise to our Breed Survey.

Additionally, DSCSD is very grateful for a generous donation towards the cost of trophies made in the name of Pathos Della Valcuvia.