LRCC
Incorporated
Founded in 1981 – 32nd year
March 2013
LABRADOR RETRIEVER CLUB OF CANADA INCORPORATED
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Table of Contents:
Your executive
Message from the Chair
Reminders
Director & Committee Reports
National Specialty
Feature: Founding Members
National Versatility Challenge Trophy
Show Financials
Past Winners
History of the Labrador
LRCC Inc. Executive:
Alberta-NWT-Nunavat’s Regional Directors – vacant
Current Executive:
Chair – Margie Miller
Vice Chair – Moira Thom
Treasurer – Charles Hunt
Secretary – Judy Hunt
Regional Directors
Atlantic Canada – Gerald Dagley
Quebec – Jean Louis Blais
Ontario – Heather Dobson
Manitoba-Saskatchewan – Joyce Love
Alberta-NWT-Nunavut – vacant
BC-Yukon – Anne Morrison
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Message from the Chair:
It’s March and days are getting longer and despite what
that groundhog saw or didn’t see – winter is far from
over. I laughed at the picture of a groundhog holding a
sign that says –
‘I’m a rodent not a Meteorologist’.
The AKC Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac
Specialty Show is April 9th -12th and we know that it will
be cherry blossom time in Frederick, Maryland. That
will be a pleasant reprieve – at least we’ll remember
what tulips, daffodils and cherry blossoms look like
when we return to the frozen north…..maybe we’ll be
surprised – here’s hoping!
Oh those HIPS again!
Getting back to Labradors ~
Is it my imagination or am I just noticing that more and
more breeders have bred dogs on preliminary OFA’s for
whatever reason! I’m not opening a can of worms – just
an observation.
In Australia ANKC (Australian National Kennel Club) will
not register a litter unless the hip scoring of the parents
is registered with them but age isn’t a factor. In
England, BVA (British Veterinary Association) the
minimum age for hip x-rays is one year. The rating is
permanent and is an open database. Other European
countries - permanent clearances are granted at one
year. In North America - Penn Hip will x-ray at age 16
weeks but suggest re-x-ray at 6 months or 1 year, but
the Orthopaedic Foundation for Animals will not give
permanent clearance for a dog under 24 months but
will give a preliminary opinion at age 4 months. OVC
stopped evaluating hips in May 2012 but under their
rules a dog could pass for breeding at age 18 months.
Closed Database: Penn Hip stared in 1983
Optional Open Database: OFA started in 1974
Closed Database: OVC ended in 2012
These are the experts, the scientists and the
veterinarians. Some base their results on a subjective
opinion of one, a subjective opinion of 3 or a
measurement with percentage against all Labradors
tested. Why the differences?
LRCC Inc.’s Code of Ethics states that members breed
only dogs that are clear certified by OFA, OVC or Penn
Hip.
Please breed responsibly – we are not the Hip Police
and never will be but pedigrees cannot hide
skeletons…for long. Remember your actions are
stamped with your Kennel Name on the Registrations.
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Margie
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Shows for 2013:MAY – New Brunswick – National Specialty May 3,
2013
Judge – Philippe Lammens, France
JUNE - Quebec – Regional June 30, 2013
Judge – Jill Digesare Ickowski, Eden NY
AUGUST - Manitoba – Regional August 16, 2013
Judge – Guy Spagnola, Australia
AUGUST - Ontario – Regional August 10, 2013
Judge – Guy Spagnola
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News:
A generic version of this Newsletter is on the public
website – club business is in the one mailed to your
homes.
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Advertising for Sale
(Advertise your kennel)
Commercial & Member Rates
Advertise your Specialty for Free
Contact:
Charles Hunt huntcj@telus.net
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LRCC Atlantic Directors Report
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Gerald Dagley
Hi everyone hope you are having lots of fun
shoveling and plowing the snow that seems to be
getting deeper this winter. Congrats to everyone
who gets to spend a week down south this winter.
The LRCC, Inc. can now hold a Rally show as the
club is CKC sanctioned for this. A Sanction match
was held at the Moncton show in November by
LRCC, Inc. members.
Thanks to Roger Bannister, Janet Bourgeois, Carla
Vaultour and Judge Trudi Haslett. I was also glad to
help by running the clock and learn more about
Rally.
The 2nd match was held in Alberta during
December to satisfy the CKC requirements.
The National plans are well underway and we hope
to see lots of you make it to Moncton during the
May 3 weekend.
There will be lots to see and do as the ALRC is
putting out the red carpet.
To summarize the show events by day
Friday May 3, 2013
LRCC, Inc. National
Conformation - Philippe Lammens
Sweepstakes - Peggy Elder
Obedience - Jeanne Charest
Moncton Kennel Club - Rally Obedience Trial
Allison Capson
Saturday May 4, 2013
ALRC Regional
Conformation - Joanne Fernall
Sweepstakes - Leslie Grant
Obedience - Jeanne Charest
Rally Obedience - Allison Capson
Moncton Kennel Club
Conformation – John Ross
Maritime Group 7 Club
Obedience - Joey Farrell (Ontario, Canada)
Rally Obedience - Joey Farrell (Ontario, Canada)
Sunday May 5, 2013
Moncton Kennel Club
Conformation - Darla Heck ( Labrador Booster)
Obedience Trial #1 (a.m.) - Deb Desjardine
Obedience Trial #2 (p.m.) - Joey Farrell
Rally Obedience Trial #2 (p.m.) - Deb Desjardine
Rally Obedience Trial #1 (a.m.) - Joey Farrell
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2013 LRCC Inc. NATIONAL SPECIALTY
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Moncton, New Brunswick
Friday May 3, 2013
Judging panel CKC approved
Conformation - Philippe Lammens (Misty Dreams)
Sweeps - Peggy Elder (Nightwind)
Obedience - Jeanne M Charest (WoodDuck)
Rally - Allison Capson
Rally held with the National will be run under Moncton Kennel Club.
AGM & Banquet Friday Night at the Legion
The premium list is posted
at
http://www.canuckdogs.com/
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2013 ALRC Regional Specialty
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Saturday May 4, 2013
Judges proposed will be
Conformation - Joanne Fernall (Devonsleigh).
Sweeps – Leslie Grant (Gorsebrook)
Obedience - Jeanne M Charest (WoodDuck)
Rally - Allison Capson
There will also be an all breed show
Saturday and Sunday
hosted by the
Moncton Kennel Club.
Host Hotel: Comfort Inn, Maplebrook Dr. ask for Specialty Labrador Rate $89.99
1-506-859-6868 or email monctongm@whg.com
Premium list
http://www.canuckdogs.com/upload/DogShowDocs/95450418-68df-11e2-9184-a22cf54785c3.pdf
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32 Years ago
CHARTER MEMBERS
Labrador Retriever Club of Canada Membership List 1981
These people are the reason we have this wonderful organization today – some have crossed
the Rainbow Bridge to be with their Labradors but their legacy lives. Others are still very
actively engaged in this hobby by either being CKC judges or club members. If you see them –
thank them – they are a wealth of knowledge about this breed.
Barlow, Lady Jacqueline - St. John’s, NL
Beard, Reg - Greely, ON
Beattie, Mike - Rigaud, PQ,
Beattie, Huguette - Rigaud, PQ,
Bernier, Carole - Porter’s Lake, NS
Brennan, Valerie - Rigaud, PQ
Briggs, Sandy - Claremont, ON
Buchanan, Angus - Plattsville, ON
Buchanan, - Plattsville, ON
Calder, Joan - Shelburne, ON
Christman, Ruth - Woodbridge, ON
Costigan, Shirley - Calgary, AB
Cote, Raymond - Bright, ON
Crouch, Paul - Mississauga, ON
Derby, Bruce - Ayr, ON
Derby, Sandra - Ayr, ON
Dohmen, Ursula - Crawford Bay, BC
Edwards, Anne R.R. 3, Stouffville, ON
Gibson, Robert - Bowmanville, ON
Gibson, Roberta - Bowmanville, ON
Haines, Dale - Paris, ON
Hunt, Charles - Calgary, AB
Hynes, Tom - Saskatoon, SK
Jensen, Penny - Innerkip ON
Jones, Frank - Minesing, ON
Lanctot, Mike - Hemmingford, QC
McAlpine, Art - Drumbo, ON
McAlpine, Enid - Drumbo, ON
McDonald, Grace - Dickens, MB
Miller, Walter - Carrying Place, ON
Milson, Bud - Sherwood Park, AB
Moffat, Norma - Weston, ON
Muscat, Mary Ann - Brampton, ON
Nemeth, Kay - Winnipeg, MB
Newell, Sue - Drumbo, ON
Prosperi, Marie - Sudbury, ON
Raper, Ruth - Errington, BC
Schafer, Jill - Sherwood Park, AB
Simms, Kathy - Knowlton, QC
Solomons, Ivan - Alton, ON
Speller, Barbara - Oshawa, ON
Summers, Barb - Ottawa, ON
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NATIONAL VERSATILITY CHALLENGE TROPHY
Donated by Jim and Tracey Girvan, Cedarbrae Labradors
Point System: The following point system will provide the basis for award of the LRCC, Inc.
National Versatility Challenge Trophy at the annual National Specialty. Points are awarded for
prior accomplishments as demonstrated by achievement of CKC titles as well as for
demonstrated versatility at the Specialty.
General: A dog must earn points in all three events at the Specialty (Conformation,
Obedience, and Working Certificate). For Conformation, the candidate dog must be entered in
a class where it would compete for Best in Specialty (Exhibition Only classes excluded).
Conformation:
. Has Canadian Championship upon commencement of event:
. Wins a Regular Class:
. Wins Winners:
. Wins Best of Winners:
. Wins Best of Breed:
. Wins Best of Opposite Sex:
. Wins a Judges Award of Merit:
Obedience:
. Earns a passing score of over 170:
. High in Specialty Trial:
. Earns a Utility Title:
Working Test:
. Has no Working Certificate upon commencement of event and
Obtains a Working Certificate title:
. Has Working Certificate upon commencement of event:
Obtains a Working Certificate Intermediate title:
. Has Working Certificate Intermediate title upon commencement
Of event:
. Obtains a Working Certificate Excellent title:
. Has Working Certificate Excellent upon commencement of event:
. Passes Working Certificate Excellent test:
Points
10
5
10
15
35
15
10
Points
20
50
30
Points
MAXIMUM POINTS AVAILABLE:
300
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10
15
10
15
25
10
Example:
Conformation (wins a Regular class)
5 points
Obedience (earns a passing score of 170) 20 points
Working (obtains a WC title)
15 points
Would qualify for trophy:
40 points
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 PAST NATIONAL WINNERS 
1996 Winners Bitch – Riversedge Magnolia
Thanks to Janet Healey for sending –
Winners Bitch 1996
Riversedge Magnolia
Bred by Sherri Lazaruk and owned by Janet and
Laura Healy. Jandor Labradors.
(Handler Laura Healy)
2000 Best Puppy – Jandor Laird of Moorland
Bred and owned by Janet and Laura Healy . Jandor
Labradors.
(Handled by Laura Healy)
Best Puppy in Sweepstakes 2003 – Jandor Scarlett
Bred and owned by Janet and Laura Healy.
Jandor Labradors. (Handled by Janet Healy)
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The History of the Labrador Retriever
What’s in a NAME?
The Labrador Retriever must be from Labrador,
right? Not so, however. From all accounts Labs
originated in Newfoundland. The name
assignment may have resulted from a
geographical association since Labrador is
situated just northwest of Newfoundland and
the sub-arctic waters of the Labrador Current
flow down the east coast of insular
Newfoundland. The name may also be
explained by the origin of the word Labrador,
Portuguese for yeoman or laborer and the
Spanish word for workmen, labradores. A
related connection could be the village in
northern Portugal called Castro Laboreiro.
Here the dogs that guard livestock bear a
striking resemblance to Labrador Retrievers.
There is a bit of mystery about the ancestors of
the Labrador, appropriate perhaps given the
amazing versatility of the breed. After all, how
could one dog be so adept at such a wide
variety of jobs, be capable of working under
very harsh conditions and also have one of the
friendliest personalities around? From the men
who began to use the Newfoundland region for
fishing in the mid to late 15th century, a rough
and often seedy sort, to the aristocratic English
gentlemen who refined and preserved the
breed in the 19th century, the people
responsible for the development of the Lab
were themselves a remarkably diverse group.
The fishermen used dogs to retrieve fish that
fell off hooks and to help haul in swimming
lines or fishing nets. These dogs needed to be
eager to please, strong swimmers and small
enough to haul in and out of the two man
“Dory" type boats. They needed to have short,
water repellent dense coats that could
withstand very cold water and wouldn't ball up
with ice or bring excess water onboard.
Onshore, as temporary settlements gave way
to more permanent ones, a retrieving dog
would have been a very useful hunting
companion. The St. John's area of
Newfoundland was settled predominantly by
Englishmen who brought these working dogs to
England through Poole Harbor, Dorset, the hub
of the Newfoundland fishing trade. These St.
John's dogs became the most prized sporting
dogs for the gentry who could afford to
maintain kennels for controlled breeding.
Without written records from the earliest days
to detail which dogs came from where and to
whom they were bred, we can only speculate
about the ancestors of these St. John's dogs.
The black St. Hubert's hound from France,
working water dogs from Portugal, old
European pointer breeds and dogs belonging to
the native Indians have all been suggested as
possible predecessors. Certainly some mixture
of these or others is logical since tradesmen
from around the world frequented
Newfoundland for several centuries, plenty of
time to develop breeds with the desired
working traits. Two distinctly different breeds
resulted, the larger longer haired dog used for
hauling that became the Newfoundland we
know today and the smaller shorter coated
retriever that led to our present day labs called
the St. John’s Dog or the Lesser
Newfoundlander. See the breed “standards"
which detail form and function specifications
for Labradors. AKC Breed Standard, FCI
Standard & CKC Standard.
Some of the “Who, What, When and Where"
in Labrador Retriever History
Early 1800's - First St. John's dogs arrived in
England, some imported by the 2nd Earl of
Malmesbury to Heron (Hurn) Court, near Poole
1814 - First written reference to the Labrador
in “Instructions to Young Sportsmen…" by
Colonel Peter Hawker who observed them on
Newfoundland
1823 - Sporting artist Edward Landseer painted
a black dog with white markings-entitled
“Cora. A Labrador Bitch."
1835 - 5th Duke of Buccleuch started kennel of
St. John's dogs in Scotland
1839 - 5th Duke of Buccleuch wrote a letter
referring to his “Labrador" Moss as well as the
“Labrador" Drake belonging to the 10th Lord
Home
1870 - The name Labrador Retriever becomes
common in England
1882 - 3rd Earl of Malmesbury gave 6 of his
Labs to the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the
12th Earl of Home so that the closely held
breeding stock would be preserved
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1885 - Inauguration of the Newfoundland
Sheep Protection Act, which imposed a duty on
all dogs, along with the Quarantine Act in
England and the decreasing fishing trade led to
the dwindling supply of imported dogs from
Newfoundland to England
1887 - Letter from the 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
to 6th Duke of Buccleuch refers to the breed…
“We always call mine Labrador dogs and I have
kept the breed as pure as I could from the first
I had from Poole….known by their having a
close coat which turns the water off like oil
and, above all, a tail like an otter."
1892 - Two “liver" colored Labrador pups born
at Buccleuch's kennel
1899 - First yellow Lab on record, Ben of Hyde
born at kennel of Major C.J. Radclyffe
1903 - Labradors recognized by the Kennel
Club in England
Early 20th Century - Scottish style shooting
and the prestige of bringing over a Scottish
gamekeeper led to the importing of Labs to
America
1916 - Labrador Club formed in England
instrumental in this were Lord Knutsford
(Munden Kennel line) and Lady Lorna,
Countess Howe (Banchory Labradors)
1915 – Canadian Kennel Club registers it’s first
Labrador Retriever
1917 - First Labs registered in the American
Kennel Club
1931 - The Labrador Retriever Club
incorporated in the U.S. and the first American
field trial for Labs held at the Glenmere Court
Estate in Chester, NY
1938 - First dog to appear on the cover of Life
Magazine-" Blind of Arden”, a black Lab
belonging to W. Averell Harriman. At 4 years of
age he won the top US Retriever stake that
year.
1941 - National Retriever Club established in
the U.S.
Late 1940's and 1950's - Social and economic
changes that developed after World War II led
to the growing popularity of the Lab with
Americans from all walks of life
1959 - First dog ever to appear on a U.S.
stamp, the famous black Lab, “King Buck"
1981 – Labrador Retriever Club of Canada is
formed
1991 - Labradors leap into first place in AKC
registrations
A Lab by any other name would be as sweet…
Some of the many names used over the
centuries to refer to the Lab and its ancestors:
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St. John's Dog
Lesser St. John's Dog
Newfoundland Dog
Lesser Newfoundland Dog
Little Newfoundlanders
Newfoundland Water Dog
Labrador Dogs
St. John's Labrador Dogs
Black Water Dog
Lesser Labrador
Smaller Labrador
English Retriever
English Labrador
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1930's - Field trial clubs spread throughout the
U.S.
1933 - First American specialty for Labs held in
NYC and judged by Mrs. Marshall Field
Late 1930's - Chocolates became known in 2
British kennels, Tibshelfs and Cookridge
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