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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR LEONBERGER DOGS , 26TH SEPTEMBER 2009 Venue:Hotel
Kirchner Leonberg Time 10:00 – 13:45 Those present: representatives from the member clubs of Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Russia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, USA. Participant with observer status: Absent: The Committee: All members of the board were present. Chairman: the Union president Willi Güllix. Minutes: were taken by the Union secretary, Hein Sibrijns. Agenda:
b)
Treasurer c) Secretary d) Auditors 3.
Discussion of the reports and discharge of the Committee. 4.
Election of a reserve auditor 5.
The Budget for 2010, Membership dues 2010. 6.
News from the member countries. 7.
Breeding problems in the 8.
Polyneuropathy (new perceptions?)
9. Future activities of the
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Information
about the International Judges Seminar 2009
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Preparation Leonberger Symposium 2010 (inquiry of the
subjects)
10. Presentation
and discussion of a new detailed paragraph
of the constitution "elections"
1.
Introduction. The President
opened the meeting at He welcomed the delegates,
especially the representatives from New Zealand, who attended the meeting for
the first time and noted with pleasure that so many clubs were represented. Because this year
an auditor couldn’t come, and had to be replaced, he proposed to insert an
agenda item “Election of a reserve auditor” after item 3. 2. Reports a. President’s
Report- Willi Güllix
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extensive president’s report. b.
Treasurer’s Report - Peter Cejnek The balance sheet
was handed out at the meeting. All member clubs
were fully paid up for 2008. On c.
Secretary’s report - Hein Sibrijns. The Union web site
has attracted many visitors. For the rest, it
was a quiet year. d.
Auditor’s report. Säde Crivelli (CH) and
Glen Ferguson (USA) had checked the
accounts which closed Glen Ferguson had
not been elected as auditor, the elected auditor Jim Henshaw had asked him to
take over his job, because Jim couldn’t come. 3. Discharge
of the Committee The Committee was
unanimously discharged. 4. Election
of a reserve auditor. José-Maria
Itturalde Perez de Aranaza (E) was proposed and unanimously elected. 5. The Budget
for 2009/Membership fees for 2009 The Union finances
are healthy. It was unanimously
decided to maintain the membership dues at a fixed fee of 50 euros plus 0.20
euros per member. 6. News from the member countries. The Austrian Club has Mrs. Sissy Fessl as
new second delegate. Michaela Wolf
handed over a beautiful painting by an Austrian artist to the Union. The German Club announced that 338 dogs had
been entered for the club show on the 27th September. The delegates from
New Zealand Club were pleased to be in
Leonberg for the first time. This club has 77
members and there are approximately 300 Leonbergers in Until now there
has been one club show, judged by Guido Perosino, some years ago and an open
show is planned for the next year. The Swedish Club has a new board and new
commissions. Leonbergers are
successful in water work, but in Jenny Bergdahl
asked if other kennel clubs allow participation. It would be easier
when a statement that the Leonberger is capable for doing water work was added
to the standard. There is a
research for heart failure in It is often DCM.
The form of DCM found in Leonbergers is exactly the same as the one found in One tries to find
a genetic marker. It would be good when countries worked together, in order to
get more blood samples of diseased dogs. The Norwegian Club has 500 members. The president
warned for the growing problem of inbreeding, which is unavoidable, because
studs from the same lines are too often used for breeding in some countries. That makes to many
dogs related to each other. One must stop breeding with so called “Matador
Studs”. Therefore some
countries have rules to limit the use of studs. In She appealed to
the countries that don’t have limitations for the use of stud dogs, or that
have insufficient limitations, to work on this issue, in order to prevent more
loss of genetic variation because of studs mating too often. The American Club is still working on full
recognition of the breed by AKC. The breed is in
miscellaneous group since The in 2007
accepted AKC Standard was evaluated and completed by members and AKC judges. The result is a
well worked out document that is planned to be accepted by the AKC board in
October. The breed will then be accepted into working group on The judges’
education committee is working on educating AKC group judges and finalizing the
illustrated standard project. The Czech Club reported that all goes
smoothly in Czech Republic. The results of the
survey, made by the Czech Club as a result of the decision of the previous
Union meeting, on differences in breeding regulations, confirms that there are
huge differences between the breeding
rules in the member countries. The Finnish Club celebrates its 25th
anniversary with a club show on All are kindly
invited to participate. The Danish Club had nothing special to
announce. The
Swiss Club refered to the problem of
the differences in breeding rules in relation to matings from foreign dogs. Furthermore it is
very difficult to find studs, because of too much breeding in the same lines in
some countries one can nearly not avoid inbreeding anymore. In If blood is needed
for research afterwards one can just take it from the blood bank. The Russian Club celebrates this year its
10th anniversary. They thanked the Union
and the member clubs for the very pleasant cooperation. Tatiana Zavorina
handed over a very nice plate to the Union and the club donated prizes for the
Leonberg Club Show. The Irish Club has to wait another year for
full recognition by the IKC. There are still
not many dogs in Even at the FCI
European Winner Show the Leonberger was only represented by 12 dogs. All the same a first
club show was held this year and a Leonberger was best of FCI group 2. The Spanish Club is small, but they do a
lot of work. The Spanish Kennel
Club favours the big Spanish breeds. The club
celebrates its 15th anniversary next year. The Belgian Club is calling for more
participation in the different kinds of sports such as water work, agility,
carting, tracking and so on. The Dutch Club invited to participate in
the club show on the 30th May 2010. The French Club announced that one can
still enter for the Club Show in Cluny. The club now has a
good website, one works on an English version. There is a
research going on into the hereditability of Osteosarcoma. The English Club has a new code of ethics,
where health plays an important role. They have club
championship titles for water work and agility. Blood samples are
taken at several events. The samples are divided into two for the researches on
poly- neuropathy and anal furunculosis. In the future the
samples can be split into 4, in order to support also researches on DCM and
Osteosarcoma. A health seminar
on anal furunculosis will be organized. The club has a new
website with an open health registry. The Slovakian Club has 32 members. 120 dogs have been
entered for the FCI World Dog Show in The Italian Club was not represented. The
Union secretary read a report sent by the Italian Club’s president. The club continues
to work in high harmony with all members, the differences of opinion that previously
divided the club have been addressed and are finally resolved.
The club
contributes financially to the Swiss polyneuropathy research. At the end of October a special seminar will
be held, it will be focused on selection of stud dogs, “Leonberger welfare” and
artificial insemination. The Millennium
Leonberger Award will be awarded to Mr. José-Maria Itturalde Perez de Aranaza:
“for his high dedication to the knowledge, promotion and support of the
Leonberger in An
interval of 15 minutes was taken. During this
interval the board decided to award the ILU Awards BOB and Best Veteran to 2
shows in 2010, namely the 25th Anniversary Club Show in Finland and the
25th Anniversary Club Show in
the USA. 7. Breeding
problems in the Sharon Springel
(UK) handed out reports concerning polyneuropathy (next agenda point) and anal
furunculosis. The reports will
be published on the Further she has
received a report about a LUPA project on DCM. For this project one needs blood
samples. An ongoing research into Osteosarcoma in
France is being conducted, it
would be good if blood samples could be taken on the big events of all member
clubs and split into four, to support all researches. Säde Crivelli (CH)
drew attention to the problem of females failing to conceive. This problem is
also reported from several other countries, for example Holland and Germany
where up to 50% of the females do not become pregnant after a mating. Willi
Güllix warned against premature panic that might point to inbreeding
depression, Aside from general statistics of numbers which vary from time
to time, he pointed out that there may be several factors
involved which may also include the in-experience of either the breeder or
the stud dog owner. It was decided
that a survey among the breeders where a female fails to conceive will be
conducted through the member clubs. Sharon Springel will, with the help of the clubs, compose a questionnaire. They will report
next year. Säde also stated
the problem of studs that won’t cover a female in season owing to lack of
libido. 8. Polyneuropathy. Reports with the
latest scientific information were handed out by Anita Treichler (CH) and
Sharon Springel (UK). They will all be published on the The research
advances more slowly as was hoped for, because the disease’s mode of in
heritance is probably polygenetic. It is clear that
the disease occurs in all countries. The clubs must
appeal to the breeders to consciously follow the breeding recommendation not to
breed with diseased dogs and to refrain from close inbreeding. An open health
registry will be attached to the Union’s website. 9A. International Judges Seminar. The preparations
for the international judges’ seminar go as planned. The participants
will receive all speeches in writing in German and English. The There are still a
few places available, the clubs were invited to send some more judges to the
seminar. 9B. Leonberger Symposium 2010. The board has, during
its meeting yesterday discussed this issue for a considerable period. For a big
international event like this one needs more money than is now available in the
One cannot take
the risk that if the number of participants is lower than was hoped for,
invoices can’t be paid. The costs were
estimated to be 10,000-15,000 euros. This means that
the member club will have to contribute 1-1.50 euros per club member, in order
to avoid financial risks. When the clubs pay
this it would also mean that participation can be free of charge. Several clubs
cannot spend so much money in the current year. Expenses like this must be
discussed in the AGM’s of the member clubs. Therefore the
decision to organize a symposium has to be postponed until next year. The themes to be
addressed should be communicated to the ILU beforehand; the clubs can ask their
members by means of their newsletters to propose themes. The date of a
symposium can only be the day before the club show in Leonberg. Sharon Springel
remarked that it is all the same very important to supply information to the
members which can be done by means of the website. 10 Paragraph “Elections” as part of the
constitution. The board has
discussed this item. If elections are
better prepared and announced before the meeting in the invitation for the
meeting, when the agenda point elections
is divided into a few sub points and when the invitation clearly states which
board members can be re-elected and how one can propose candidates, the
constitution doesn’t have to be changed. The meeting agreed
with this proposal. 11. Miscellaneous. Hein Sibrijns
brought up the problem of different regulations for tooth cards in different
countries. There is no
uniform minimum age and it is not clear from which age “bite” can be noted. Wolfgang Mayer explained the use of tooth
cards. It is meant to record the state of the number of teeth and state of the
bite at a certain date. The bite can change in time, therefore one can record a
change of bite on for example the German tooth cards. Willi Güllix
remarked that if the tooth card is meant to be a protection for the loss of
teeth afterwards, one should record the completeness of the denture as soon as
possible. Since the dentition is complete by the age of 8 months, one should
allow a dental record from the age of 8 months. It was decided,
after discussion, that the International Leonberger Union recommends 8 months
as minimum age for filling out tooth cards. 12. Closure. The president
closed the meeting and thanked everyone for their positive contributions. The meeting closed
at Leonberg, Willi Gullix Hein
Sibrijns President I.L.U. Secretary
I.L.U. Chairman of the meeting. Recorder of the Minutes
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