How is my breed faring in its quest for full recognition? Ex- cellent. I serve on the Board for the Biewer Terrier Club of America as Secretary and we have been working with AKC to stay on course for full recognition. Do I expect a surge in popularity once we’re in the regu- lar show ring? We are already experience the surge. Our breed is extremely popular with regular pet families and show people. Do I believe there are enough workers to go around to get my breed recognized? Absolutely. The members of the Biewer Terrier Club of America has very dedicated mem- bers both show and pet and are rolling up their sleeves where every they can to help. Would I breed more litters if we were fully recognized by AKC? No. I concentrate only on one to two litters a year. The funniest thing that I’ve experienced at a dog show? Well shame on me but at our very first introduction at AKC I put my badge on the wrong arm! The thrill and excitement for our breed being introduced for the first time in Orlando I became overwhelmed and lost all concentration. Myrna Torres I live in California. I am retired and help with watching my granddaughter, I am also a notary. How is my breed faring in its quest for full recognition? The Biewer Terrier is doing extremely well in its quest for full recognition. We have moved from an established breed and breed club in 2006 toMiscellaneous Class in the AKC in record time. We are working towards full recogni- tion and are confident that we will also see this happen in record time. Do I expect a surge in popularity once you’re in the regular show ring? Absolutely! We are already seeing a surge and a high amount of interest amongst show people, handlers and breeders. I believe that this will help our cause as the more people that are interested in our breed and showing the more likely it will be that AKC will move to full recognition of the Biewer Terrier. I also believe that it will help to have the breed recognized by the FCI. Do I believe there are enough workers to go around to get my breed recognized? At this time, we have had enough but as we grow, we will be needing to rely more on our mem- bers. We have been very lucky as we are now having many members joining that want to roll up their sleeves and get to work. Would I breed more litters if we were fully recognized by AKC? Probably, but I am a very careful breeder and do not want to breed just to put out dogs. The funniest thing that I have seen at a dog show is; a puppy going in the ring for the first time, the puppy got away from the person showing the puppy and seeing the handler run- ning around the ring trying to catch the puppy was hilari- ous. I kept the video as it put a light hearted side to a some- times-tense situation.
at the shows all the time. The surge in popularity will only hurt if people don’t breed to the standard. Do I believe there are enough workers to go around to get my breed recognized? The core is a nice working nucleus, but more participation will be needed as we grow and ex- pand as a parent club. Would I breed more litters if we were fully recognized by AKC? I personally, am limited to the number of dogs that I can have, so honestly; I couldn’t breed more. Hopefully only better the breed. The funniest thing that occurred; happened at BWI Air Cargo. Had my 4.5 year old granddaughter with me to pick up a Biewer Terrier. Granddaughter was talking up a storm about the Biewer Terrier and the dog’s name to anyone that asked. Upon leaving the building the three USDA Inspec- tion ladies asked her “what’s in the crate?” Of course, she proudly replied a “BEAVER” (not Biewer Terrier as be- fore). That stopped them all in their tracks knowing that they just inspected all the air cargo. They were relieved to know it was a dog and not a wild beaver. I explained that granddaughter was correct in her pronunciation of “bea- ver” and that she left off the terrier part. Their parting comment was that would be conversation for the office and walked off laughing as did I. Debra Side I live in Jonestown, Pennsylvania on a horse farm and I am owned by horses and my wonderful Biewer Terriers. I have five children and seven Grandchildren whom I adore. My Husband and I had been the owners of a Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki Motorcycle Dealership for 35 years but recent- ly sold the dealership. I also ride and show horses in Team Sorting and Penning. How is my breed faring in its quest for full recognition? Biewer Terriers are now in the Misc. class and hopefully a year from now will be fully recognized. Do I expect a surge in popularity once we’re in the regular show ring? I do think our awesome little breed will become more and more popular once in the regular show ring and once you meet them you will be hooked! Do I believe there are enough workers to go around to get my breed recognized? I think there are enough diligent workers pushing the breed ahead but we could always use more young workers involved with the breed. Would I breed more litters if we were fully recognized by AKC? As far as breedingmore litters, I myself will not be as I already am at my max as far as amount of puppies as too many pups doesn’t allow you to spend the necessary time socializing them. Funniest thing in the show ring to me is the fact that my dogs always know what to do so much better than me. James Star I live in Pennsylvania. I currently have a full time job so be- tween that and my dogs I’m busy.
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