GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER CLUB OF OREGON 2 Hunt Tests —-June 2nd and 3rd, 2012 SAUVIE ISLAND, OREGON (Crane Unit) To view the full premium click here. For additional questions, please contact Alen Braswell. E-mail:  sunnygx@comcast.net

GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER CLUB OF OREGON 2 Hunt Tests —-June 2nd and 3rd, 2012 SAUVIE ISLAND, OREGON (Crane Unit) To view the full premium click here. For additional questions, please contact Alen Braswell. E-mail:  sunnygx@comcast.net

GSPCO Fun Day Come hang out, meet other dog lovers, and train your dog.  Two fields available: we will do new people on one field for intro to birds/gun/etc… and the big field will be for intermediate and advanced. We will let people decide on that field if they want to run in braces or by themselves! Location: Field of Dreams$ Kennel (directions on website www.fieldofdreamskennel.net)

Pictures of Bradley (neutered male) will be posted soon. Please contact Patti Goodding  e-mail:  OregonGSP@aol.com for information about GSP’s that currently need  a new home through Rescue referral or Adoption.

Thursday – March 17, 2011     7:00 p.m. Elmer’s Pancake House – Clackamas GUEST SPEAKER:  Paul Scherlie, DVM, DACVO, NW Veterinary Specialists TOPIC :  Canine Eye Diseases GUEST SPEAKER:  Steve Peterson, DVM, NW Veterinary Specialists TOPICS:  Orthopedic surgery; related field tissue trauma and repairs. Club business meeting to follow Dr. Scherlie & Peterson’s  presentations.

Come join us for our 49th GSPCO Specialty Show, Portland Expo Center, Wed Jan 19, 2011.  Entries close Wed January 5th 2011.  For premium list/entry info go to Onofrio.com.  First entry, 29.00.  Puppy classes, Bred-by, Sweepstakes and Non-Regular classes 20.00.  Junior Showmanship 12.50.  Questions? Contact Janet Dalgaard, dogpalace@comcast.net or Marge Pierce, mmpierce@q.com

CONGRATULATIONS GSP CLUB OF OREGON MEMBERS FOR THE FOLLOWING  ACHIEVEMENTS WITH YOUR DOGS IN 2010!   FC/AFC Ridgelines Summer Storm, JH Call Name:  “Summer” – GSP Title Earned:  AKC Amateur Field Champion – 5/01/10 Owner:  Ron Wallace   Ridgelines Indian Summer, JH Call Name:  “Indy” – GSP Title Earned:  AKC Junior Hunter – 9/04/10 Owners:  Dominic Ritter & Ron Wallace   FC/AFC Foxgloves Dream Chaser, NRD

GSPCO UBER AWARD Guidelines for the GSPCO UBER Achievement Award History The GSP was developed in Germany in the late 1800′s to be an all-purpose dog. It was the original intent of the breeders to develop a breed of dog with inbred instinct for multiple tasks, thus requiring little time to “force train”. The GSP was bred to point, retrieve, trail wounded game, hunt both large

For those of you who like to participate in our Club Hunt in Maupin, Oregon our date has been set for Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at the CEO Hunt Club. A flyer will be sent out after the first of the year with full details but the price will be the same for club members with the same number of birds. ($75.00 per GSPCO club member,

THE GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER CLUB OF OREGON RESCUE GROUP is comprised of volunteers who work to rescue GSP’s that have been lost, placed in shelters, or are in danger of euthanization. Occasionally we assist GSP owners when they wish to avoid placing their GSP in a shelter. The GSP Club tries to place rescue GSP’s and arrange for veterinary and foster care. We would like to

HISTORY OF THE HUBERTUS HANNOVER TROPHY The Hubertus Hannover Trophy was presented to the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Oregon by Kurt and Greta Biester.  Kurt Biester is a GSP judge and member of the Hubertus Hannover Chapter of the Klub Deutsch Kurzhaar.  The award was left in Barbara and Denny Smith’s care during the Beister’s visit to the May 1988 National Specialty Show. There were