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Highlights from
May
2008 Conference Call Board Meeting
A Nominating committee was selected and is as follows:
Region 1 - Maureen Day
Region 2 - Stan Noble
Region 3 - Anna Vaughn
Region 4 - Loma Clark
Alternate - Ellie Pusateri
Alternate - Sid Marx
The Board of Directors established a
Committee to update the current materials used in Judges Education. The
BOD approved the recommendation of the chair Norbert Dee that Lorraine
Bisso, Anne Savory Bolus, Leta Graham and Pat Robinson serve as members
of the Committee.
From the May AKC Board Minutes:
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/about/board_minutes/0508.pdf
"Irish Setters The Board discussed the status of Field Dog
Stud Book (FDSB) and North American
Versatility Hundting Dog Assoc. (NAVHDA) Irish Setters. Since 1975, at
the request of the Board of the ISCA, AKC has not accepted FDSB pedigree
for Irish Setters. When AKC agreed to accept NAVHDA pedigrees in 2007,
this did not include Irish Setters, as NAVHDA does accept FDSB
pedigrees. The ISCA has expressed opposition to AKC accepting FDSB
or NAVHDA pedigrees. Based upon that, the club has been advised that the
policy of not accepting these pedigrees is already in place." |
2008 ISCA
National Specialty Photos
Results
2007 Annual Awards Winners
2007 Medallion Winners
If you won a medal, and you were unable to arrange to have it picked up
at the National in Arizona, you can still have it mailed..........
Please write a check for $5 for up to 2 medals mailed and $10 for more
than 2 medals mailed.........make the check out to ISCA and send it to :
Fran Sloughfy
ISCA Awards - Medals
20 Maple Shade Lane
Fleetwood, PA 19520
If you won an annual award and didn't pick it up at the National please
mail a check payable to ISCA in the amount of $10 per award to pay for
shipping to:
Kristy Hanes, ISCA Awards
32711 - 181st Ave. SE
Auburn, WA 98092
2008 National Hunt Test Info
Have any Irish Setter or
ISCA memorabilia
of historical value?
Please contact the
ISCA Historian
with your information.
Order a 2007 National DVD! DVDs are $40
Order from:
ISCAVideo,
Ken Davis
3372 Breezewood Ct.,
Ortonville, MI 48462 |
ISCA Board of Directors RED
ALERT
The Board of Directors (BOD) would like to announce
the formation of the ISCA_RED_ALERT list with Yahoo Groups. This list
has been added to alert the membership of important information
available on the ISCA Official Website.
ISCA’s official communication devices will continue to be the Website
and the Memo to Members. However the BOD recognizes the need, at times,
to communicate quickly with the membership.
All emails from this list will carry the following in the subject line [ISCA_RED_ALERT]
followed by a description of the content. This will let you know it is
an official communication from the BOD
RED ALERT will only be comprised of members in good standing with ISCA.
The list will not be shared, nor used for any other purpose than
official ISCA business.
If you would like to sign up to receive emails from this group, use the
link below. If you have problems with the link, try to copy/paste to
your browser.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISCA_RED_ALERT/
When all else fails, you can send an email to the address below and ask
to be added:
ISCA_RED_ALERT-owner@yahoogroups.com
Be sure to include your name and email address, as it appears in the
membership directory, to be added.
Can you survive a disaster?
New ISCA brochure - print out & save! |
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New HOD Project
The Irish Setter Club of
America Health Committee is pleased to report a new
initiative in the search for a research study into the
causes of Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD) in our breed.
More information on the
current research page.
Important Notice for Dogs to Be Tested by Optigen for
PRA
Make sure when getting
dogs blood tested by Optigen for PRA that you also
register for CERF registration by paying the extra fee.
If you do not do that, none of dogs tested by Optigen or
their offspring will be eligible to be registered with
ISGR. CERF does not give numbers to offspring..(.only
ISGR) so it is important if your aim is to get numbers
for the parents in ISGR and any offspring that you also
register for the CERF registration fee on the Optigen
registration form.
ISCA sponsored
Osteosarcoma Research Project at MIT.
Blood samples
from affected dogs needed.
Download
research information and
submission form or contact
Jan for more information. |
ISGR CHANGES
Beginning March 11, 2008, all
submissions to ISGR registration will now be taken by OFA.
OFA will now be doing all the administration work of ISGR
and will continue to register Irish Setters from blood
tested dogs that were tested by Optigen and their offspring.
That information will be put on the website handled by OFA.
If any forms in the meantime have been sent to Chris Miller,
Secretary of ISGR, or Sandy Novocin , blood tested
coordinator, those forms with the proper fees will be
forwarded to OFA. Refunds will be sent to the owners since
the new fee for registering any dog whether blood tested or
from genetically clear stock will now be $7.50.
The ISGR website will be up and running till the contract
ends with the server hosting the website.
The application will remain the same although all forms now
should be sent to the following address:
ISGR
c/o OFA
2300 E. Nifong Blvd.
Columbia, Missouri 65201 |
The U of Missouri is working in conjunction with a lab in Finland
which has just been awarded more than $1 million to study epilepsy
through SNP mapping.
They are accepting new blood samples. Those who would like to
participate can do so by logging on to the U of Missouri epilepsy
network www.canine-epilepsy.net
. There is a link there to access an online seizure survey and a sample
submission form.
DVD, Grooming Your Irish Setter,
The Basics. |
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ISCA Register of
Merit Guidelines and Applications
Current
Report of ISCA's Delegate to AKC
PURINA PARENT CLUB PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
raises funds for Irish Setters!
Information on
the AKC Companion Animal Recovery Program
Thinking about becoming a judge?
Or applying for Irish Setters as an additional breed? Contact the ISCA
Judge's Education Chair -
MRS.
LORRAINE W. BISSO, 405 Rosa Avenue, Metairie LA 70005
(504) 833-1780. |
Membership application for new members
Local Specialty consent forms
,
Field Trial consent forms
and
Versatility Test
Application are now available online!
ISCA Versatility Test
Guidelines & Certificate RequirementsI
Attention local club secretaries - please review and update
your local club contact information listed on the site.
Contact the
webmaster and
corresponding secretary with
changes. New club info is needed for ISCA
publications. Please use the
Local Club
Officers Form |
Irish Setter Rescue
Every year many Irish Setters nationwide find themselves in need of new
homes. Irish Setter Rescue takes the time to specially match
people to each dog, usually resulting in a lifelong placement.
Find out more about rescue
Brian
came into the rescue program when his 'mom' died and 'dad' had to move
to retirement housing without dogs. For more information on Irish like
Brian that need adoption, locate your region on our rescue map
For
more information on Rescue or adopting contact
mlarson@volcano.net
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