inger akes
American Eskimo Dog Association


The Finger Lakes American Eskimo Dog Association was formed in 1990 by a small group of people who love the American Eskimo Dog. They had been showing but there were no clubs in the central New York area so thought that they would fix that. They started off with just a handful of people and have grown a little in the past 19 years (WOW, 19 years!! Where has the time gone!) We started out doing conformation shows and obedience shows but now just do conformation because we don't have the members to do obedience any longer.

We now do 3 weekends of all-breed shows a year. Until this year, we had two but in 2009, we will starte having a third show. Our normal shows are in May and July and we have them at the Locke Volunteer Fire Station in Locke, NY. It is a wide open field plus a building to hold raffles. Plus the Fire Station uses our shows as fund raisers and provide food for the shows (breakfast sandwiches in the mornings and burgers and dogs for lunch). And our shows would not be complete without the Muffin Lady - she brings her homemade wares to our shows and they are fantastic!! There is also another building to use when it rains and for the shows that we are starting in October. In addition to the breakfast and lunch that the fire station does, we have a chicken barbecue on Saturday night of our July show. One of our members is marrying a caterer and he does a fantastic chicken barbecue - chicken, ribs, salt potatoes, salads, and dessert. It is a chance for everyone to sit around and shoot the breeze, No need to run off to get supper when it is right there on the show site. We have a great show with great people and we encourage everyone to come.



The Finger Lakes American Eskimo Dog Association
will be holding
3 UKC All-Breed Conformation Weekends of Shows
In
2010
in
Locke, NY


We have three weekend of shows lines up for 2010. The first weekend in May will be May 14, 15 & 16. The second weekend will be July 23, 24 & 25. The third weekend will be in either late October or early November - the date has not been firmed up yet. The judges for May will include Patrick O'Donnell (Friday), Kathie Treacy (Show 1 on Sat.), Melissa Kidd (show 2 on Saturday) and Herb Rosen (Sunday). The judges for July will include Renee O'Donnell Strong (Friday), Diana Allen (Saturday Show 1), Joe Allen (Saturday Show 2) and Marilyn O'Neill (Sunday) The judges for October haven't been confirmed yet. More information can be found by going to the flyer




At the July 2007 show, we had a surprise when Barbara Deigan came to show her last eskie in obedience. Barb has been in eskies since 1971 and has been an icon of the breed for as long as I have been in the breed. She is also a wonderful lady with a great sense of humor (ask Pat O'Donnell about Moodus, CT). We had a few "old time" eskie people at the show and got them together for a picture. I am glad that Barbara came to the show and we were able to get a picture because Barbara died in November 2007. We were shocked! She will really be missed!


From left to right, Sue O'Donnell, Eleanor Cassidy Main, myself, Bill Brown, Pat Brown and Pat O'Donnell with Barb Deigan on the scooter in the middle. We were so lucky that we took this picture as Barb died in October at the age of 69. We will miss her alot!!



Our shows for 2009 are now over and all of them were a success. We were not sure how the last one would do - the one on Halloween weekend but that turned out to be great too. We had a nice turnout and everyone seemed to have a great time. Here are some of the winners. Plus the first picture is Kathy Lorentzen judging the "Senior Senior Handling Class". It was inside and warm so we didn't have to worry about the tents or the weather. And we did a different thing by separating the groups - 4 groups in the morning doing both show 1 and show 2 and then the other 4 groups in the afternoon so if your group was in the afternoon and you pre-entered, you didn't have to get there until noon. And if your group was in the morning, if you didn't win BOB, you could leave and relax the rest of the day. It went so well that we are going to do the same thing at our May show next year. You know how unpredictable the weather can be in May in upstate NY.

And because it was Halloween weekend, we had a costume contest with some great contestants!! We got some great pictures. Kathy Lorentzen did a great job of judging on Sunday but had a hard time picking the winner of the Senior Senior Handling Class. If you see Kathy, ask her about it.


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At the July 2004 show, we started a new tradition - a rotating trophy for "The Best of the Best of Show". It is called the "Edgar Gray Memorial Rotating Trophy" and is named after one of the founding members of our club and the father of the president of our club. It is an all mahogany trophy made especially for us by the company that Renee O'Donnell use to work for and it is beautiful!! We will put a plaque on the base with the name of the winner each year and the owners can keep the trophy for a year and bring it back the following year. Here is a picture of the trophy itself. Isn't it beautiful?



This year's Best of the Best trophy was taken to Canada by a beautiful Berger de Picard dog named Canoe de la Jassette DuCap Del Mas. He won two Best in Shows over the weekend. The other Best in Show winners were a beautiful black miniature Poodle and a beautiful Rat Terrier. If I had been judging, I would have found it very hard to make the decision. We only had one judge at the show site to choose Best of the Best so Pat O'Donnell and Cathy Anthony stepped in to help.







PICTURES FROM July 2009 SHOW




Pat's Irish Brezin on Thru (Breezie).
Pat's Irish Coconut Cream (Cocoa)
NEW CHAMPIONS



Ch. Cherub's Mystic Breeze (Prayer Bear)
Owned by Todd & Sandra Wingert
Champions Class (Saturday show 2 )
NEW GRAND CHAMPION




Frostiwyte Tickle My Fancee (Pixee Dust)
Owned by Todd & Sandra Wingert
Best Female of Show (Saturday show 1 )
NEW CHAMPION



Ch. Kiva's Miracle Goin' For Th'Gold (Midas)
Owned by Carol & Mandy Innerst
Champions Class (Friday, Saturday Show 1, Sunday )
Best of Breed (Sunday)



Best Puppy
Owned by SallyEllen Schilling





Owned by SallyEllen Schilling
Grand Champion Class(Saturday show 1 & 2 )
Best of Breed (Saturday show 1 & 2)
Group 1 (Saturday show 1 & 2)




Miracle Eskimos (Carol's Brag Page)

LINKS TO OTHER SITES ON THE WEB


United Kennel Club
Heart Bandits American Eskimo Rescue
National American Eskimo Dog Assoc.
California AE Assoc.
American Eskimo Dog Association of Oregon
American Eskimo Dog Club of New England
DeCaC's Pet Supply
American Eskimo Dog Club of Washington
Arizona American Eskimo Dog Club.


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This page was created on June 10, 1997





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