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Elbows: CC- CH PAO CHAI BORN TO
EL632M34-VPI B A WINNER "STANLEY", CCCI Board Hearing
NPNP43784701, Red M 06/24/2016
Patellas: CC-
PA562/34M/P-VPI Sire: Pao Chai's Stand Up N Shout, Charges filed by
CC-3222 G 61M
JoAnne Schullier against Tammy Tosh
Dam: Pao Chai Born To Be A Country
Star, CC-4450 F 26F-VPI, CC-
EL534F26-VPI
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the CCCI Board
Breeder: Joyce Hickman, Jill Rudd
Owner: Joyce Hickman, Gwen Benz conducted a hearing related to the charges filed
by JoAnne Schullier against Tammy Tosh. After
hearing all the evidence submitted in both writ-
Eyes: CC- R & K'S GRAND EDITION ten and oral testimony presented by both parties,
EYE155/4F-VPI @ CHUMEE, NP50714909, F the charges were sustained by the CCCI Board.
05/18/2018
Ms. Tosh’s conduct was found to be prejudicial to
Sire: CH Padow's Sir Leo Iced @ the best interests of the Club and the breed and to
R&K's
violate the Chow Chow Club Inc. Code of Ethics.
Dam: Cross B's Miss Nala Rose, CC-
4514G26F-NOPI Further, the CCCI Board voted to officially “rep-
Breeder: Raymond Whitacre, rimand” Ms. Tosh for her conduct and strongly
Kimberley Whitacre, Marianne Smart, recommends that any future business agreements
Carol Sue Yaeger be incorporated into a written contract between
Owner: Marianne Smart, Carol Sue the parties to avoid any potential ethics violations.
Yaeger, J Yaeger, Kimberley Whitacre

Health Committee Report:

Lew Klein

After decades of Chows being susceptible to anesthesia and sedatives, CCCI is now in a position to
do something about it. Through your donations to the AKC CHF and by sending Purina purchase
receipts to the Purina Pro Club’s Parent Club Partnership, CCCI members accumulated approxi-
mately $20,000 in our CHF Donor Advised Fund (DAF), which goes toward CHF Research Grants.
Based on prior genetic research by Dr. Court, breeders of a line of Chows that go back to a popular
sire have reported adverse affects from anesthesia, particularly acepromazine and three other anes-
thesia’s. In several Chows down from this sire, a unique mutation was discovered in the CYP2B11
gene (7 of 17 Chows were tested). Additionally, a different mutation in this same CYP2B11 gene is
known to create adverse anesthesia affects in sight hounds.
Consequently, the CCCI Board voted to use $18,491 of the DAF funds to do further genetic re-
search on this gene. The objectives of this study is to confirm that this unique Chow gene mutation
does cause the anesthesia issues, make evidence-based recommendations about drugs to be avoided
or dosages to modified, and determine the scope of this mutation in other lines of Chows and other
breeds. However, based on past experience with other studies, it was difficult to get DNA samples
from our member’s Chows, so they may be collected at Chow specialties and if necessary from the
OFA DNA repository, advertising in CHF newsletters and in Chow Life. Since there were no CCCI
DAF donations for a while, we are eligible for CHF “Lapsed Donor” matching funds from the AKC,
which go into the CHF general research fund, which effectively makes our donation approximately
$40,000.

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