Team Sketchbook

25/08/2024

12/08/2024

And now she's THREE, and a mother to 2 cute and funny pups!

10/08/2024

“Synchronized Trick Dog”.
The newest Olympic sport. 😂

The boys, Traveler and Kahu, are working as a pair and amazing to see the synchronization and cooperation between the two. KaHu is still working on his dismount. They are 12 weeks old.

Sketchbook Time Traveler “Traveler”
Sketchbook Island Time “Kahu”

Dam: GCHS CH Sketchbook Special Edition “Edy”
Sire: IntCh WCh Stahlkrieger’s Johnny Cash “Johnny”

27/07/2024

Exciting news from the BPCA designated Specialty in Waukesha, WI - "Stella", Sketchbook Streetcar Named Desire , awarded Winners for a 5-point major by judge Nancy Simmons!! Shown to perfection by Lena Groth for owners Mike Costa and Judy Cooper. Congrats, well done!!

27/07/2024

Time to celebrate the ELEVENTH birthday for the Picard "I2" litter (second litter during the "I" year, 2013). Even split all the way around - 2 of each color, 1 male, 1 female! All have been so loved by their chosen people. Fun dogs, making people smile.

Sire was "Lupe" (CH AllStars Ewan McGregor)
Dam was "Delta" (CH AllStars Delta Barke CM PT)

In this litter are:
"Audi" - Int/UKC CH Sketchbook I'm All Ears CGC, SPOT, NS
"Ink" - CH Sketchbook Indelible Ink FDC CGCA CGCU
"Jackson" - CH Sketchbook It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere CM
"Raffe" (aka Quiz) - CH Sketchbook Inquisitive

Happy birthday to all!

23/07/2024

A big TWELFTH birthday for the "Four " litter, also celebrating a July 22 birthday!

23/07/2024

Celebrating her NINTH birthday this year is "Mira". She's loving her fun life with Julie Fogarty in Duluth.

23/07/2024

Now celebrating their SIXTH birthday, the O1 Picard litter! A wonderful and well-loved bunch of dogs!

22/07/2024

Team Sketchbook welcomes another new family to Sketchbook.

Miss Orange, Sketchbook No Time Like The Present “Joy” joins Judy and Mike Shonborn from Wisconsin.

Judy and Mike are active and do a lot of performance activities with their current two standard schnauzers. Prior to their current standard schnauzers, Mike and Judy had 4 giant schnauzers dating back to 1995. They bring a lot of experience and energy along with travel and performance events for Joy’s future.

Please everyone welcome Judy and Mike to the Sketchbook family!

Sire: IntCh WCh Stahlkrieger’s Johnny Cash “Johnny”
Owned by Cheryl Crompton

Dam: GCHS Sketchbook Special Edition “Edy”
Owned by Chad/Suzanne Shaffer/Liz Hansen
Bred by Liz Hansen

21/07/2024

Team Sketchbook welcomes another puppy into our family.

Miss Pink, Sketchbook Perfect Timing “Jedy” joins Liz Hansen and her dogs in Columbia, MO. It’s an honor for one of the TIME litter puppies to remain with Liz and hopefully be part of her thoughtful and carefully planned breeding program going forward.

Sire: IntCh WCh Stahlkrieger’s Johnny Cash “Johnny”
Owned by Cheryl Crompton

Dam: GCHS Sketchbook Special Edition “Edy”
Owned by Chad/Suzanne Shaffer/Liz Hansen
Bred by Liz Hansen

The name “Jedy” was chosen as a combination of the sire and dam names, with the J from Johnny and then adding the dam Edy. We needed “Perfect Timing” for the SI using frozen from Johnny who was over 20 years old in storage.

Jedy pictured with Liz and then with Chad and Suzanne while Jedy is giving a cute little tongue out hahahaha to Isla that she gets to stay with Mama Liz. 😂❤️.

Jedy already loves to splash in the water bowl more than she drinks from it and knows how to tell you all about life and any curiosities she may have. She is an absolutely wonderful temperment dog with proper harsh coat, conformation, type and substance. Looking forward to many adventures with Jedy.

Congratulations Liz!

18/07/2024

Many of you know that Liz's "day job" is canine genetic research at U of MO. We have an announcement to share today so that Picard people will see this news and help with the research.
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Picard PRA – Progress, and Plea for Information (July 18, 2024)

The Canine Genetics Laboratory at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine has been searching for the mutation(s) responsible for Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) in Berger Picards for over 10 years. Using new sequencing techniques, a greatly improved canine reference sequence, and a recently developed data analysis pipeline, we believe we may have identified a mutation responsible for at least some of the PRA found in the breed. The mutation is in a gene where mutations are associated with retinal atrophy in other species, and the Picards which we have whole genome sequenced that have 2 mutated copies of the candidate gene are all confirmed with PRA. An initial screening of additional Picards with confirmed eye status looks promising.

We have screened an additional 100+ Picards with DNA banked here, and purposely chose dogs older than 8yrs of age so that the eye status with regard to PRA is not likely to change. For some of these dogs, we do have eye examination results, but for many we do not. We need to confirm eye status on as many older Picards as possible to evaluate this candidate mutation. Our lab will be contacting owners of the dogs that have been screened to request the most recent eye exam results from these dogs. If you receive an email requesting eye status on your dog that is DNA banked, please provide the requested information.

If your dog is DNA banked, and over 8 years of age, please send a copy of the most recent eye exam, and we will add the sample to our screening. We need dogs confirmed with normal retinas at an older age, as well as those that were diagnosed with PRA, to adequately evaluate this mutation.
If your dog is not DNA banked, but is diagnosed with PRA, OR, has a recent eye exam confirming normal retinas and is 8 years of age or older, please send a sample to include in this important research.

There is no deadline for sending this information or sending samples, but the sooner we have the eye exam data to align with DNA screening, the sooner we can definitively evaluate this candidate mutation and (hopefully!) release a test for one form of PRA in Picards.
Email [email protected] to provide scans of eye exam records, to request DNA sampling instructions, or with additional questions.

16/07/2024

Happy Birthday to the entire SEND litter! They are two years old today.

We are so grateful for the wonderful homes provided to these pups. They have been given every opportunity to reach their potentials.

Sire: GCHS Sketchbook No Deductions “Q”
Dam: GCHS Sketchbook Special Edition “Edy”

Happy Second Birthday to:
Bond - CH Sketchbook SEND For 007 ATT
Cash - CH Sketchbook SEND Me The Money
Melody - Sketchbook SEND Me A Melody (major pointed)
Seraph - CH Sketchbook SEND Me An Angel
MyLo - Sketchbook SEND The Best Of My Love (pointed)
Hawk - Sketchbook SEND A Message BCAT ACT1 (major pointed)
Adele - Sketchbook SEND My Love @ Serama (major pointed)

Scott Coyne, Marcia Coyne, Liz Hansen, Stacey Leach, Pam Wible, Debbie Cuiffo, Kathy Baraga, Janette Bruner, Kayla Bruner-Byers

14/07/2024

After a long 4 day show in Duluth, Team Sketchbook is working their way back to homes.

Liz will visit her Mom before heading home.

Today Aiden was working
group 1 in Beginner puppy!

Sophia was BOB, OHBOB,
and regular Group 4. Sophia had a very nice weekend!

Bria was Select. Congratulations Julie!

Mylo was WB again for another point! Way to go Pam and MyLo.

Melody RWB. I’m sure she had a good time the entire weekend.

Mark BOB, OHBOB, and
OH Grp 2.

Missy was RWB.

I only have these highlights so may have more detail when Liz’s van finally stops for the day.

13/07/2024

4-6 puppy BIS

13/07/2024

4-6 puppy

13/07/2024

Duluth, Day 3, edited at the end of the day!

Picards same as yesterday, Missy Reserve, Mark Select. Bacardi was here today for a special Veterans competition. He looked great in the breed, and in the Veterans Group, which we live-streamed on this page.

Standards today, the girls traded again, Melody Winners, MyLo Reserve. Sophia again BB & NOHS-BB, Bria Select

Coming up around 3:00, Aiden & Tango make their debut in 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, because TODAY they turn 4 months old! We will try to live stream, it should be good comedy!
EDIT: we did live stream, you should be able to view it on our page, here. It was fun and silly, and cute! Aiden was chosen BB, and won the baby Working Group!! There is also video of the puppy BIS - check it out for cuteness overload!

If someone is available to live stream Sophia in her groups, we'll do that, too.
EDIT: no video of Sophie in Groups today. She did a nice job, but no love today.

One more day tomorrow!!

13/07/2024

Duluth Day #2! We had another fun day with good friends and good dogs! Not everyone got their picture taken today, though - oops.

In Picards today, Missy was Reserve Winners, and Mark was Select. We were happy to have Stephanie Salmi come up for a visit to her first dog show! She has "Jack", from Painter & Mona's big litter, and hopefully we'll show him at a later date.

I'm Standards, today was Miss MyLo's turn to shine - she was Winners, for her first point! Sophia was BB and Bria Select again. No love in regular or Owner-Handled Groups for Sophie today, but looked good trying.

We were SO happy to see Bacardi this afternoon too! He brought his driver and crew with him, of course - great to see Lori and Renee! Mr B will strut his stuff in the Veterans competition tomorrow- that will be fun to see.

More fun coming up tomorrow!

11/07/2024

Duluth Day 1 report from the northern chapter of Team Sketchbook! Whirlwind of activity this morning, both breeds in the ring within mere minutes of each other. Thanks to great help from our German Pinscher friends & Nancy Draper, everyone got in the ring without any problems!

Picards were first, and Missy was Winners for 1 point, which she turned into 3 points (& another major!) by going Best of Breed over 2 male specials! One of those was Mark, who was Best of Opposite S*x and owner-handled BB

Quick run back to our setup, which is fortunately right across the aisle from the ring for Standards. Today Melody was Winners for 1 point, Mylo Reserve. Sophia was BB, and Bria was one step closer to earning her Bronze level GCH by going Select.

Herding was the first Group, and Missy did well for her first time in the big ring! Showed well, and made some friends and fans around ringside. She even got several 2nd glances from the judge, but no placement today. NOHS groups immediately followed the regular group, so of course the Working Group was scheduled as the 2nd group , which means Mark didn't get shown in the Owner-Handled group...phooey.

Sophia strutted out into the group ring like she owned it, and earned a Group 4! Then over to NOHS Group, where she was chosen Group 2! Very pleased with Sophie's return to the ring after over a year, and puppies!

Speaking of puppies, Aiden and Tango were very happy to see each other again, and had a great wrestling match. Tango also got to play with Delia, her #1 fan.

Now we all need a good rest, and do it all again tomorrow (& Saturday, and Sunday...). If you're near Duluth, come say hello!!

09/07/2024

I may have posted this video prior, but looked at again thinking of Bond.

Bond has absolutely surprised both of us with his response to these puppies. He is all about vigorous play with the minis and Edy, sometimes almost too rough and they let him know.

But now, he is so kind and gentle to Edy and they play gently in front of the puppies and with each other. Less
chasing and more rolling around. Licking ears and faces sort of thing.

Watching Bond interact with the puppies is also surprising to me. Not surprising for this breed, but he is a pretty tough nut. He has bonded to each puppy. He watches them. He is quite protective to unknowns and yet totally permissive to known people and situations. He would protect those puppies with his life, and then some.

He carefully watched Tux as the Alpha and how he approached the puppies. Bond is carefully assuming the Alpha male role but with respect too. Just like Tux. Soft and gentle, persuasively when required, and flat out scary if needed.

Good boy Bond. Very good boy!

07/07/2024

Celebrating a very happy FOURTH birthday for the pups from Smudge & Candy. These 3 are living their best lives, and very well loved by their families.

Sire: "Smudge" - GCH WBA's To The Max
Dam: "Candy" - CG Sketchbook Maple Sugar

Born July 6, 2020, this litter includes;
"Cooper" - Sketchbook Razzle Dazzle
"Roxanne" - GCH Sketchbook Ray Of Light at Blue Sky CGC
"Pratchett" - Sketchbook Rhapsody TKI

04/07/2024

Proud to announce that AKC has recognized another Team Sketchbook member as an AKC Breeder of Merit! Congratulations to Chad Shaffer.

The AKC Breeder of Merit Program gives breeders a way to prove their dedication to preserving breed characteristics and producing healthy, well-socialized puppies. AKC consider them the most conscientious and most committed breeders.

The American Kennel Club recognizes Breeders of Merit for their dedication to breeding purebred dogs with the appearance, temperament, and abilities that are true to their breed standard, and for their commitment to health screening and 100 percent puppy registration. The AKC celebrates their success in and passion for canine sports. They are the pinnacle of the AKC community.

Thank you Liz Hansen for your mentorship and guidance. Could have never done this without you! Liz Hansen is an AKC Platinum Breeder of Merit, the highest level of distinction amongst breeders. Liz Hansen and Renee Pope are the only two individuals ever recognized as Platinum for the standard schnauzer breed.

Here at the AKC, we believe in honoring responsible breeders who have gone above and beyond on health issues, temperament, and genetic screening, as well as to the individual care and placement of puppies in responsible homes. That’s why we started the AKC Breeder of Merit Program: To give breeder...

04/07/2024

We're celebrating the FIRST birthday of the largest litter ever born at Sketchbook! July 3, 2023 we welcomed a dozen little Picards, and they've spent their first year having fun and bringing joy to their families. All 12 have thrived and are growing up beautifully - we're so pleased!

Sire: "Painter" - CH Sketchbook Masterpiece
Dam: "Mona" - GCH Sketchbook Mona Lisa

This wonderful litter includes:
"Cole" - Sketchbook Unforgettable (red brindle)
"Violet" - Sketchbook Ultraviolet (pink)
"Gem" - Sketchbook Undiscovered Gem (white)
"Yaga" - Sketchbook Unleashed The Baba Yaga (orange)
"Tucker" - Sketchbook US Marshal Tucker (blue)
"Jack" - Sketchbook Unboxed Jack (teal)
"Wilson" - Sketchbook Until There Was You (purple)
"Urmas" - Sketchbook Under The Northern Lights (yellow)
"Atty" - Sketchbook Upcoming Attraction (red fawn)
"Missy" - Sketchbook Under A Paper Moon (light blue)
"Amie" - Sketchbook Une Bonne Amie (green)
"Brinkley" - Sketchbook Uptown Girl (burgundy)

02/07/2024

The Standard Schnauzer

From Liz:
“Twenty-five years ago today, "Seasar", CH Scarlights Seasar TD NA (Swedish CH Flay-Goon's Cameron x Sketchbook Foreign Diplomat) was born in Sweden. An incredible dog, and my heart. I'm eternally grateful to Pia Andersson for sending him to me, and I miss him every single day.

#1 SS in the Nation & SSCA Dog of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005

Westminster KC Best of Breed winner 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

SSCA National Specialty winner 2004

3 all-breed Best In Show awards (all at shows with over 1100 entries), and 57 Group 1 awards

#14 Working dog in the nation 2005, with nearly 12,000 dogs defeated that year

Only BIS-winning SS to go Best in Show with performance titles earned

SSCA Hall of Fame producer, with over 20 CH kids

Proudly owner-handled throughout his entire career, my best friend, incredible dance partner, and thrill of a lifetime to share his life with me.”

30/06/2024

Sketchbook TIME litter
Age 7 weeks
Born May 13, 2024

Sire: IntCh WCh CH Stahlkriegers Johnny Cash “Johnny”
Dam: GCHS Sketchbook Special Edition “Edy”

7 week first “stack” photos.

Breeders: Chad Shaffer, Suzanne Shaffer, Liz Hansen

Thanks Cheryl Crompton for Johnny!

26/06/2024

Check out Sketchbook feature interview of Liz Hansen in Showsite Magazine.

https://showsightmagazine.com/liz-hansen-sketchbook-standard-schnauzers-berger-picards/

All of the interviews of breeders are very good and a lot of good information in them to read.

https://showsightmagazine.com/liz-hansen-sketchbook-standard-schnauzers-berger-picards/

Liz Hansen is the breeder behind Sketchbook Standard Schnauzers & Berger Picards. Read about the kennel's beginnings, champions, and more!