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Upcoming California Miniature Schnauzer Specialty Shows (updated regularly) Spring 2012 Specialty results (added 4/28/ 2012; photos added 5/7/2012) Fun Day—March 25, 2012—article with photos (added 3/29/ 2012) Rescue Dogs Gallery Page—Northern California (updated almost daily) Rescue Dogs Gallery Page—Southern California (updated almost daily) Petfinder—MSCNC lists our rescue dogs on Petfinder as well as on this site. Legislation —Pending AB 1639, which would require burdensome and useless reports from rescue groups (added 5/9/2012) DNA Test for Type A Miniature Schnauzer PRA (updated 1/2012) |
About the Miniature Schnauzer Club of Northern California
The Miniature Schnauzer Club of Northern California is the AKC-accredited Miniature Schnauzer club for northern California.
In Memoriam—Beverly J. Pfaff
With great sadness we report the passing of Beverly Pfaff, a long time AMSC member, noted breeder, and expert on black Miniature Schnauzers. Beverly was a major voice in drafting the section on blacks in the U.S. breed standard for Miniature Schnauzers.
Beverly and her late husband Jerry bred and owned many top winning Miniature Schnauzers and were co-owners of Ch. Sibehils Dark Shadows, the first black Miniature Schnauzer ever to become the top winning U.S. Miniature Schnauzer of the year.
Beverly will be sadly missed by her many friends in the Club and nationwide.
Meetings, Activities, and Membership
Information on upcoming MSCNC meetings and activities, and on membership, can be found on our Meetings/Activities page.
MSCNC Miniature Schnauzer Specialty Shows
MSCNC holds two Miniature Schnauzer specialty shows a year, one in Sacramento each April, the other in Pleasanton each October. Our next specialty show is on Saturday, April 20, 2012, in Pleasanton, California.
Click on Dog Shows for information about our Miniature Schnauzer specialty shows, and about others in southern California.
Rescue—Foster Homes URGENTLY Needed
MSCNC's rescue team, composed of Walter Poeth, Mary Alford, Rowena Morrison, Betsie Corwin, and (down south) John Hoffman and Joyce Nagel, has been very active. With so many people losing their homes, many, many dogs been losing their homes too. In fact, the rescue team has placed about 300 dogs in the past two years.
Rescue involves a lot of driving to pick up dogs, to take them to veterinarians, and to meet adopters. We get Schnauzers from all over California, but primarily from rural areas because those shelters tend to have low placement and high euthanasia rates.
MSCNC Rescue urgently needs foster homes all over California and in northern Nevada for Miniature Schnauzers pending their placement in permanent homes.
If you are in northern California or northern Nevada, please call Walter Poeth, 530 873-6608, for further information if you are able to help out, or e-mail him at GlasSchnauzers@aol.com. If you are in southern California, please call John Hoffman, 818 790-4172, for further information if you are able to help out, or e-mail him at canada@dslextreme.com.
Rescue dogs who need good new homes are available NOW.
See our Rescue Dog Galleries for northern and southern California.
PRA—BloodNeeded From Affected Schnauzers
OptiGen, the testing laboratory affiliated with Cornell University's veterinary school, is actively seeking samples from any & all PRA-affected Miniature Schnauzers so that they can be included in a current research study to determine the causes of PRA in Miniature Schnauzers. OptiGen will test the PRA-affected dogs at no charge and will let the owners know if the cause of the PRA is Type A PRA, or some other type not yet identified. If Type A is not the cause of the PRA, OptiGen will include the samples in the research to identify the other cause(s) of PRA in the breed. If you know of any PRA-affected Miniature Schnauzers, please do encourage the owners to contact Sue Pierce-Kelling, suepk@optigen.com, about this research.
Results and Photos From Past MSCNC Specialty Shows
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