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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1978
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I took a walk with a friend one
Saturday morning and I took it very
carefully because about 1,300 dogs
had already walked there.
More than 100 different dog
breeds were entered in the April
Spring 1978 AKC Sanctioned Dog
Show at the Brazos County Arena on
Tabor Road. The contest was hosted
by the Brazos Valley Kennel Club.
“The dogs and their masters came
from any place and every place west
of the Mississippi,” said Nancy
Stricklin, a member of the Brazos
Valley Kennel club and this year’s
show chairman.
Dog shows draw people from all
over because they love dogs and
have become addicted to showing
them off, said Elaine McIntyre, an
18-year show veteran from San An
tonio.
Looking over the grounds sur
rounding the arena, I readily agreed
with her as I counted over 100
parked trucks, buses, trailers, cam
pers and station wagons. Some were
large enough to carry the entire
“Hello Dolly” touring company.
Peeking inside of a van, I saw cage
after cage of dogs stacked on spe
cially made shelves.
The show itself reminded me of a
beauty contest. Even the basic
make-up equipment was the same.
Scissors, combs, brushes, hairspray,
curlers, tweezers and nail files. If
some lipstick or nail polish had been
added. Miss U.S.A. could have pre
pared herself for a pageant with any
dog handler’s kit.
Dog owners prepare their show
pets on grooming tables which they
bring from home. Each table has a
scaffold attached and each scaffold
has a hangman’s noose dangling from
it to hold the dog still. As a result, the
grooming area resembles death row
where several hundred dogs await
execution by strangling.
Beauty is enforced here — the
hard way.
Clip, comb, brush. Piles of matted
dog hair accumulate on the arena
floor. A gust of wind blows them all
over the dog owner at the neighbor
ing table.
It becomes almost impossible to
breathe because in certain areas of
the grooming area owners are using
cornstarch or chalk to whiten their
dog’s fur.
“I spray white chalk on my dog’s
fur to make it whiter so she’ll stand
out more in the ring,” said Alicia
Rothlein, a 14-year-old from San An
tonio. “Then I use a blow dryer to get
the chalk out, but leave the color in. ”
The American Kennel Club for
bids the use of colored chalk. If the
judge pats a dog and gets a blast of
powdered dust in his face, he may
disqualify the dog. The owner’s se
cret is to shake out just enough chalk
so no bursts occur.
The AKC also considers aerosol
hair spray illegal. It is used by own
ers to keep their poodle’s coat frizzed
up.
Rothlein started helping her
mother prepare show dogs when she
was 11 years old. At the age of 12, she
began showing her own dog. She
helps her mother with a preparation
called stripping. This procedure in
volves pulling out the hair of a dog’s
coat. This allows the handler to
monitor the growth and quality of
the new hair growing in. The strip
ping process takes about one hour to
complete.
“We start the procedure when the
puppy is six months old,” said Roth
lein. “It doesn’t hurt them. They
love it because they are getting lots
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of attention.”
An announcer speaks over the
public address system, “Clean up in
front of Ring 10. Clean up near
bleachers. Clean up in front of re
freshment stand.”
I watch as a harrassed young man
carrying a long-handled broom and
collector bin dodges his way be
tween dogs and people toward the
messy ring.
At the souvenir counter, I exam
ine a variety of dog snacks, dog
shampoos, leashes, collars, ashtrays,
glasses, prints, etc. The dog’s cosme
tic department would give Maybel-
line hearty competition. Chew Stop,
Flea Stop, Tick Stop, tear stain re
mover, colored chalk etc.
It takes 15 AKC points to “finish” a
dog and win the title of Champion.
These points are obtained in a con
test called confirmation. Confirma
tion deals with the dog’s ability to
walk on a lead, stand still where the
owner leaves him and the quality of
the dog as compared to others of its
breed.
The number of points awarded
range from one to five depending on
the number of dogs or bitches
(female dogs) competing in that
breed. The dogs are compared to
their breed standard and not each
other.
“In confirmation, the judge looks
at the dog from far back,” said De
nise Sharp, a member of the Brazos
Valley Kennel Club and Dalmatian
owner. “He feels the coat and the
structure of the dog. After he exam
ines it, the judge sends it out to run.
If the dog has a defect, it will show in
its gait.
“The judge may reposition all the
top dogs together and have them gait
again.”
A dog show is no longer the semi
exclusive, genteel sport it once was.
“Confirmation is a very competi
tive and very cut throat because only
the top dog gets any points toward
their championship,” said Sharp. “It
is much more competitive than
hones c
These dogs are being tested for their obedience skills as t!ieii||j
masters look on. The judge checks the dogs’ stance, formaKj ven g r
facial expression before deciding the winner. The dog sWj. p r0 se
was held Saturday at the Brazos County Arena on Tabor That i
Road.
obedience where everyone can qual
ify for points.”
For an obedience title, the dog
must pass three shows. Each show
passed is called a leg. The dog must
get 170 points out of a possible 200.
The animal must get at least 50 per
cent of those points in each exercise.
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Breed. The breed winners comBfere
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A dog progresses in stages toward
the award that is its highest glory —
Best in Show. However, dogs of the
same breed must first compete
against themselves in various
classes. The classes are: Puppy,
Novice, Bred by Exhibitor, Bitches
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“And can it be that I should gain
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This is the first line of a hymn
which I have really enjoyed ever
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now Jim had become a Christian.
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impact on me.
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ability, I had nearly everything I
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girlfriend, and good grades in
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Jim throw away the one thing I yet
desired? And didn t we agree that
this was a miserable way to waste a
lifetime? To imagine that he had
flipped out was not a satisfactory
explanation, for I had always
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