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37th Potomac Skye Terrier Club Specialty Show

Friday, April 22, 2011
Maryland State Fairgrounds - Timonium, Maryland

This year's entry:

Sweepstakes: 2-0

Regular Classes: 3-5 (3-3) 0

Events will include:

• Morning continental breakfast

• Sweepstakes competition

• Regular classes

• Obedience competition

• PSTC Lunch for members and guests

• PSTC Meeting

• Kiss the Skye Public Education Booth - come and meet the breed!

• Additional shows on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Judging program (with ring times) links will be posted soon!

Public Education Outreach

One week after the 2009 Potomac Specialty, seven PSTC club members - Michael Pesare, Maida Connor, Josh Actor, Shalini Ahuja, Kate Kozeliski and Kathy Denton gave a presentation on the breed at the Brethren Home Cross Keys Retirement Community in Pennsylvania. The session was held in a large, attractive community center on the grounds of the retirement village. Members of the community itself were invited and an invitation was also extended to the local community. 120 people attended the presentation.

PSTC President Michael Pesare and his wife, Maida Connor opened the presentation with a slide presentation on the breed - its origins, historym notable Skyes and Skye people and how the breed is faring today. This was followed by showing a video clip of one Skye Terrier's participation in a nationally televised dog show. The presentation then shifted to a brief overview of the grooming that is required to get a Skye ready for the show ring. This was followed by a mock dog show where six Skye Terriers competed. The goal of this portion of the presentation was to give the audience a sense of what the judge is evaluating when they see the shows on TV. Michael Pesare served as the judge and provided commentary on the judging process throughout this segment. The presentation concluded with an opportunity for the attendees to meet the Skye Terriers.

This publication education outreach was well received by the community. The club is now exploring other potential venues for their educational program.

 

Highlights of the 35th Annual Potomac Skye Terrier Club Specialty

Friday, April 17, 2009
Maryland State Fairgrounds
Timonium, Maryland

On behalf of all of the members of the Potomac Skye Terrier Club I wanted to thank all who attended last weekend's specialty show in Timonium, Maryland. The entry for specialty was 30 Skyes which is the largest entry that this show has seen since the mid-1990's. There were exhibitors and attendees from: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, DC.

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All Skye Terrier Owners are Encouraged to Participant in the Skye Terrier Club of America Health Survey

The Skye Terrier Club of America (STCA) Health Survey is available online at:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/skye/healthsurvey.html

The Survey has been authorized by the Board of the STCA. This time the STCA Health Survey goes international, as we try to get as much information as possible from our world wide limited population. However, we also need to get answers at the national level and therefore the only mandatory question concerns the country where the answer is coming from.

Please, fill in the survey and simply use the SEND button! The answers are coming directly to me and depending on the amount of information you fill in I have either a possibility to identify the individual dog or on the other hand the identity of the dog and the person that sends the answer remains unknown. This is completely up to the person who fills in the Survey. Needless to say, all the answers are strictly confidential and the STCA will eventually get a summary report and analysis of the answers. No information, where the individual dog or information concerning the owner or breeder could be recognized, will be published.

Dr. Kirsi Sainio
STCA Health Committee Chair
Institute of Biomedicine
University of Helsinki
Finland