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<br /> July 2011<br /> Rare Tauskey<br /> Images<br /> Uncovered<br /> Agility<br /> to the Rescue<br /> Introducing the<br /> Finnish Lapphund<br /> QUICK LOOK: INSIDE THIS ISSUE<br /> FEATURES<br /> Reindeer A Celebration Wave of Measures of<br /> Games of Per fection Hope Greatness<br /> COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS<br /> Judge's Healthy Future Behavior<br /> Eye Dog Fancy & Training<br /> <br /> WHAT'S INSIDE<br /> july<br /> 2011<br /> Features<br /> 28 Beyond Reindeer Games<br /> Companion to nomads, the Finnish<br /> Lapphund has traveled all the way to the<br /> AKC Herding Group ring.<br /> By Susan McCullough<br /> 34 A Celebration of<br /> Perfectio<a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=1"> July 2011 Rare Tausk</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=2"> QUICK LOOK: INSIDE THIS ISSUE FEATURES </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=3"> </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=4"> WHAT'S INSIDE july 2011 Features 28 Beyond Re</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=5"> WHAT'S INSIDE july 2011 columns & departments li</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=6"> Pick your favorite breed(s)! Shown much smaller </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=7"> PRESIDENT'S LETTER Our ninth year of AKC Resp</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=8"> The AKC BREEDER OF MERIT Program honors our core </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=9"> GZ EDITED BY BUD BOCCONE Serving Those Who Se</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=10"> Z G FROM THE CHAIRMAN Iam pleased to announce an</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=11"> GZ Go, CAT, Go! New high-speed event hailed a</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=12"> American Kennel Clips STEVE FIELDER ©AKC Mr. Cl</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=13"> canine portrait gallery Our annual </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=14"> CARLA REED Carla Reed is a San Francisco artist w</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=15"> News, reviews, books & products EDITED B</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=16"> Bookshelf A new puppy puts the seaso</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=17"> COMPETITIVE CANINE </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=18"> </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=19"> better breeding from all of one to all of the o</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=20"> AKC Dog Owners are Switching Their Auto Insurance</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=21"> COMPETITIVE CANINE the judge's eye In the Unit</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=22"> BULL TERRIERS/©MARY BLOOM These were clues to me</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=23"> LIFE WITH DOGS behavior & training Teaching the</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=24"> sidewalk. Abby did little more than turn her head</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=25"> COMPETITIVE CANINE Juniors must show they are eag</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=26"> KERRY BLUE TERRIER/MARY BLOOM The Right Attitude</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=27"> SAFE & SOUND healthy dog Healthy nails </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=28"> ‹'HO0RQWH&RUSRUDWLRQ$OO5LJKWV5HVHUYHG &KRRVH WR</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=29"> healthy dog off the dog's leg. 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The Lappy, as th</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=34"> All colors are permitted, the breed standard note</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=35"> Brillinger says. “They also do well in adult ho</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=36"> PIA REYNOLDS their being bred, and that 4 to 6 p</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=37"> In April, Britain's Deerhound Club marked 125 yea</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=38"> It is, with but small room for reasonable debate,</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=39"> Setting the Course Jump forward another centur</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=40"> BOTTOM: ASHBEY PHOTOGRAPHY The Deerhound hold</a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=41"> of 3 8 AKC GAZETTE · J U L Y 2 0 1 1 </a> <a title="AKC_Gazette_July_2011 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d3fe2fd?page=42"> It started with a photograph. 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