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The description that follows may be used in its entirety or in an
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ADVERTISING COPY FOR: The Practical Canine Anatomy &
Movement Seminar
By Claudia Waller Orlandi, PhD
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Claudia's involvement with the dog fancy began some 40 years
ago as a junior handler. Although she has owned and shown
various breeds since, for over 25 years her passion has been
breeding Basset Hounds. Claudia and her late husband, Dom
have bred over 115 champions under the Topsfield prefix. The Orlandi's
Topsfield Kennel is located on 200 acres in Vermont and can
house 40-50 Basset Hounds. Topsfield Bassets hold
numerous Breed and All-Breed records, multiple Pedigree, Dog
of Year and Nature's Recipe Awards in addition to National
Specialty winners al all levels.
Nationally campaigned hounds include Ch Topsfield
Bumper Cars, CD, ROM; Ch Topsfield-Sanchu Sports Car, ROM; Ch Topsfield Beethoven; Ch Topsfield
American Express and Ch Topsfield Vision Silver Noodles, all handled by
Bryan Martin. Ch Topsfield-Sanchu Yahtzee, Ch Sanchu-Topsfield Go Cars;
Ch Topsfield Mozart and Ch Topsfield-Sanchu Pop Art O’Bridi have been
handled by Sue Frischmann. Bumper Cars, a National BISS Winner, was the
Number One Hound All Breeds in 2001 and Number Two Hound All Breeds in
2002 and is the top Group Winning Basset Hound in the history of the
breed with 250 group firsts. Winner of 45 Bests in Show, Bumper Cars
also holds the record for most Hound Group firsts (117) of any hound
breed won in a single year. Ch Topsfield-Vision Silver Noodles is the
top winning Basset Hound bitch in breed history. In the last 10 years,
Topsfield Basset Hounds have won over 100 All Breed Bests in Show, over
500 Group Firsts and numerous Best in Specialty wins. They have also
received a record breaking 4 Hound Dog of the Year Awards, which is
awarded to the hound winning the most group firsts in a calendar year.
They have been Number One Basset Hound All Systems for a record 9
consecutive years. Topsfield Bassets hold a unique 2002 BHCA National
Specialty record, receiving Winners Dog and Reserve Winners Dog, Winners
Bitch and Reserve Winners Bitch, 3 Awards of Merit and BOS in Sweeps
under 4 breeder judges at that one National Specialty (entry of 330).
Topsfield bred a 2003 Top Producing Basset Hound Sire and the 2002, 2003
and 2004 Top Producing Basset Dams. Ch Topsfield Jingle Bells, ROM, is
the Top Producing Basset Hound Dam in the breed’s history, with 21
titled offspring.
Claudia has served on the Basset Hound Club of America’s
Health and Research Committee and has chaired Member
Education for which she has designed an innovative concept
called Basset Hound University. Since 2009 she has been
Chairman of BHCA Judges/Breeders Education and since 1997
she has authored the column, “Breeder’s Toolbox,” in the
BHCA newsletter. She speaks at numerous National Specialties
and dog clubs and has been a speaker for the AKC/CHF
Breeder’s Symposia, the Eukanuba Breeder’s
Symposium and various AKC Judge’s Institutes
and has developed a home study program for breeders called
the
ABC’s of Dog Breeding, which is sponsored by the
American Kennel Club and the Canine Health Foundation.
She conducts the following seminars: The ABC’s of Dog
Breeding; Anatomy Review for Judges and
Breeders; Hands-On Angle Evaluation in Dogs
and the BHCA Judges’ Education Seminar on the Basset
Hound. She judges Basset Hounds, Dachshunds, PBGV’s,
Beagles, Basenjis, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Junior
Showmanship. She is a 2009
Dogs in Review Outstanding Breeder nominee and winner of the
2009 American Kennel Club Breeder of the Year
award. She has conducted over 125 seminars on dog breeding
and canine anatomy.
The Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement Program:
ractical Canine
Anatomy & Movement is designed to be an
introduction for the novice and a review
for experienced judges and breeders. Successful
breeding and judging draw upon talents that are both
science and art.
The science of breeding and judging is
a working knowledge of canine anatomy and movement;
the art of breeding and judging is having an
“eye for a dog,” or the ability to correctly and
easily evaluate the dog as one piece when it
is both standing and in motion. In its attempt to
discuss individual anatomical parts in terms of the
whole dog, Practical Canine Anatomy and Movement is
guided by science and art and takes a lay person’s
approach to a potentially complex subject.
Part I
of the textbook discusses key skeletal and
surface parts of the dog standing that judges
and breeders should know and approaches the topic of
canine anatomy from the point of view of evaluating
the standing dog’s structural balance based
on 4 important elements, which include (1) size,
(2) substance, (3) stance and (4)
proportions.
Part II looks at the dog in motion
from the judges’ and breeders’ point of view.
By
discussing the standing and moving dog’s individual
parts and how they relate to its structural
balance, the goal is to reinforce the important
judging and breeding principles of never losing
sight of the whole dog and the idea that no
one feature is ever more important than the sum of a
dog’s parts. Learning to evaluate the dog as “one
piece” is one of the unifying themes of our
discussion because it goes hand in hand with
learning to develop an eye for a dog.
Complex
technical terminology and anatomical concepts
appropriate for veterinarians and engineers are not
the focus of this work.
Rather the goal is a practical, layman’s
approach that can help anyone, regardless of their
breed or experience, learn to understand what
they see regarding their dog’s structure and
motion.
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A Sample Pre-Registration Form is
included below:
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SAMPLE REGISTRATION FORM TO USE AS A POSSIBLE
MODEL FOR YOUR CLUB:
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The Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement seminar
is easy to understand and fun to learn.
The
session will be followed by a hands-on workshop on how
to estimate shoulder angulation and placement. |
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Who: Claudia Orlandi
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What: Practical
Canine Anatomy and Movement Seminar |
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When: Friday, January 20, 200?
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ? |
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Where: ?????????? |
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Cost: $25 each or $30/Couple
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Practical Canine
Anatomy & Movement Home Study Book
(optional) $25 (normal retail price is $30
plus $5 S & H) |
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Attendees who complete the Practical Canine Anatomy
& Movement workbook exercises and send them to
Claudia Orlandi will receive a
Certificate of Completion |
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Although it is not required, pre-registration is
suggested if you wish to pre-order the Practical Canine
Anatomy & Movement book at the special seminar price. |
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Name(s)_______________________________________________________________
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Telephone ______________________Email_________________Fax______________
_______I would like to sign up for the seminar
($25 per person; $30 per couple)
_______I would like to order ______ copies of
the Practical Canine Anatomy & Movement Book @ $20 each
Mail
form and check made out to My Kennel Club to:
Jane Doe, 1234 Dog Lane,
Anywhere, State 00000-1111
For further information contact
C Doe at
cdoe@aol.com
(555) 555-5555 or
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