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Mr.
Steve K. Orr served as
President for the
1991-1992 term, when
Sylvia Jung took over to
serve three terms from
1993
through 1995 ( and 1996
).
Honorary
Life Members added since
the 1990 Handbook
include Mr. Herman
Bender (1967) of the
Tracelynn prefix ;
Dorothy
Guild ( 1969 ) of
MaChere Papillons ;
Alfreda Mayle ( 1961 )
of Beechwood ; and Mrs.
Vernon "Pat"
Stubbs
(
1953 ) of Papyon (
formerly Danaidae ).
New
Regional Clubs continue
to spring alive, with
clubs thriving in the
Northwest (Seattle
area), Northern and
Southern
California;
San Antonio, Texas;
Boston; and Delaware
Valley are all new to
this Handbook. The
established Regional
Clubs
of Chicago and
Washington DC still
thrive as well.
Longtime
breeder/judge Arlene
Czech took over as PCA
Delegate from Jim
Harwood in 1991, and is
still serving at this
printing.
During this time PCA was
well represented by the
talents of Arlene, and
we are indebted to her
for her
management
in bringing the new
Illustrated Standard
(Papillon) to its
finality and publishing.
The marvelous drawings
contained
therein are done by long
time breeder and well
known artist, Nancy
Miller Pinke. Arlene
conducted Judge's
Seminars
at all the PCA National
Specialties, bringing
this new Illustrated
Standard to the much
needed attention
of
judges.
During
these last three years
the majority of the PCA
Historical Files were
returned to the Club
membership after a long
absence.
Thanks to the PCA
Historian, Mary Jo Loye,
they are now available
at every National
Specialty for the
members
to peruse. There is a
tremendous number of
pictures and information
in these files which
include past
Specialty
winners and photos,
early Handbooks,
membership lists,
inventories, Papillon
Standards, lists of
Board
Members,
Specialty locations,
pictures of American
Best in Show winners,
the PAP TALK scrapbook,
information on
the
challenge trophies,
minutes of meetings and
many more interesting
facts, as well as copies
of the Old Master's
prints,
and much, much more.
PAP
TALK ( the PCA
Newsletter ) has seen
the editorship change
hands four times since
the last Handbook. Major
changes
in format, style and
content, were made under
Bonnie Nichols-Primus.
More changes came under
Liz Palika,
and
Gerard Leon with
Associate Editor Joyce
Wicks. As this Handbook
closes out 1995, Gerard
Leon is Editor, and
PAP
TALK is a beautiful
newsletter, fill of
informational articles,
dates of upcoming
events, many beautiful
ads and
up-to-the-minute
information about Club
happenings.
During
the last 5 years, PAP
TALK has published all
the Papillon OTCHS, Best
in Show winners,
Specialty BOB
winners
and the Golden Butterfly
Award winners on the
cover. PCA is fortunate
to have many talented
artists among
the
membership and their
artwork has also been
used on the cover and
throughout the
newsletter. PAP TALK's
authors
are
some of the best and we
are privileged to have
them share their
knowledge with the
membership.
One
of these improvements
during this time period
has been the "paid
advertising," which
allows members to take
out
full
page (and smaller) ads
to express their
achievements. However,
all of the improvements
and professionality
of
PAP
TALK would not have been
possible without the
watchful eye of Harry
Palmer who is in charge
of the printing at
the
TAPCO company in
Pemberton, NJ. His time
and commitment to PAP
TALK has never been
doubted, but perhaps
has
gone unintentionally
unnoticed. Thank you
Harry for your hours of
dedication !
PCA
mourned the loss of
three long-time members
in the past few years.
Mrs. Lulie Robinette was
Secretary of PCA
in
the late '60s and early
'70s. She bred and
exhibited Papillons
under the LeDuc prefix.
Mrs Irvine Rupe Cromwell
had
been
a member since 1948 and
perhaps was our oldest
living member at the
time of her death. Her
kennel name was
Irvine's
Petite. Cadaga Papillons
are known world wide as
was their breeder,
Catharine D. Gauss. Mrs
Gauss served
as
PCA President, Vice
President,
Director/Trustee and AKC
Delegate over the years.
Though not active
herself in
her
later years, her Paps
were conditioned and
handled by her kennel
manager, John Oulton.
Through him, the kennel
name
of Cadaga lives on.
Papillons
have long excelled in
the obedience rings and
with Agility being
recognized by AKC, the
Papillons have found
yet
another niche ! Perfect
scores are abundant and
Paps can easily cover
the course faster than
any other breed
entered.
The Papillon still leads
all toy breeds in
obedience competition as
well. On the
conformation side,
Papillons
have
been garnering All Breed
Best In Shows in several
countries. The United
States added six new BIS
dogs, bringing
the
total since 1936 to
twenty-three. Papillons
also won the coveted
red, white and blue
rosettes in Canada,
Mexico
(
FC I), Bermuda and the
Bahamas!
In
1991 the AKC agreed to
add an insert to the
Papillon Video
concerning
"ticking." The
wording, "It is not
to be faulted
as
it is not mentioned in
the standard and must be
considered as
"patches of
color" was agreed
upon. Prior to this,
persons
viewing the video might
have considered ticking
to be faulty and
therefore penalized it.
As
a breed grows in
popularity so do its
numbers. Papillons are
no different. Over the
past several years we
are seeing
more
and more instances of
our beloved breed
appearing behind bars -
those of pet shop
windows and
crates.
PCA
has run articles in PAP
TALK about the
advantages of spaying
and neutering. The
Benevolent Fund has
actively
supported
those people who take in
those Paps found in
shelters and puppy mills
and PCA members have
been most
generous
in their financial
support of this Fund.
Rescue homes across the
country now are
available on 24-hour
call
should
the need arise.
During
this time period
Progressive Retinal
Atrophy has now been
found to occur in this
breed, in this country.
It was
found
first in a foreign
country, but soon, as
breeders began checking,
discovered it was here,
too. PRA is
a
degenerative disease of
the retina of the eye.
Dogs affected with PRA
first experience
difficulty seeing at
night or in
dim
light. As the disease
progresses, the dog is
finally blind both day
and night. At present
there is no cure and no
treatment
to arrest the course of
degeneration in the
affected dogs.
PCA
has acknowledged this,
and The Genetic Disorder
Research Fund ( GDRF )
was established with a
plea to all
members
to contribute. The
response was
overwhelming! Auctions
were held by Regional
Clubs; the National
Specialty
auction
donated proceeds and
individuals dug into
their pockets for funds.
PCA works closely with
Dr. Aguirre at the
Baker
Institute where he is
working to establish a
blood test for DNA to
identify PRA carriers. A
goal of $10,000 has
been
set to begin the
research. By January
1995, $5000 has been
raised, and we are still
short of our goal.
As
individuals, it is
imperative to have each
and every one of our
Papillons checked by a
certified ophthalmologist.
PRA
appears to be of late
onset, but it has been
diagnosed as early as 4
years of age. If we fail
to do everything
possible
to control the spread of
PRA now while it is
still relatively new to
us, then it could become
widespread within
the
breed. If every member
contributed to the GDRF
and had their Paps eyes
checked yearly, removed
affected and
known
carriers from their
breeding programs, we
could effectively
contain the spread of
PRA, as other breeds
have
done.
Jerrilin L Naylor (MI)
is the Fund Raising
Chairperson and has done
a fantastic job of
getting members to
contribute.
A special trophy
"Genetic Disorder
Research Trophy"
has been made and will
be displayed at all
future
National
Specialty shows. Small
brass tabs with names of
persons or dogs will be
mounted on this trophy,
and can
be
purchased for $100.00
until the trophy is
filled.
From
the beginning years, and
a handful of dedicated
people, to the end of
1995, the Papillon Club
of America has
grown
to over 600 members in
the United States and
all around the world.
With growth has come
progress; this breed
now
competes and wins at the
Group and BIS level;
Papillons enjoy a
reputation of good
health and longevity
and
we
are just now seeing the
mushroom of popularity
beginning to form. Let
us not lose sight of
those unique
characteristics
that makes the Papillon
breed special. Let us
honor those "old
timers" whose
knowledge and farsight
framed
the Standard and guided
the club. The fate of
this wonderful breed is
in our generations'
hands now, let us all
keep
those guidelines and
characteristics foremost
in our minds and hearts.
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