- The
San Francisco Bay West Highland White Terrier
Club was founded in
1972 by people with
a common interest in the West Highland White Terrier.
They had a desire to
promote the outstanding characteristics of the breed,
interchange information on the care, grooming and
breeding of the Westie and to encourage sportsmanship
and competition by holding and sponsoring matches and
shows.
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- The SFBWHWTC began as the
Bay Counties West Highland White Terrier Club with its first meeting
held September 1972 at the home of Gail Krieger in
Walnut Creek, CA.
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- The
first officers were Bruce Campbell, President; Patricia
Winans, First Vice-President and Gail Krieger,
Secretary-Treasurer.
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The Club held its first
Specialty Show on September 9, 1978 and, in 1992, added
Obedience Trials to the competition offered.
Each year the club
sponsors a Specialty
Show in April held in Sacramento, CA in
conjunction with the Northern California Terrier
Association. During the summer, the club hosts
the annual
Fun
Day for members only.
Throughout the year, the club has
membership meetings with informative guest speakers giving
presentations on pertinent canine topics.
The
club also hosts two informal picnics,
the Spring
Fling and the Tartan
Games held each
year at Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos, CA open to all
members, subscribers and the public.
Additionally, we
celebrate the accomplishments of our members and their talented
Westies with Annual
Awards at our festive Holiday
Luncheon.
The club publishes a
bi-monthly newsletter, the Highland
Tartan, for
members
and subscribers throughout the US.
Westie
Rescue, an important and necessary activity, has been
supported by the Club over twenty years. The club works
closely with local Humane Societies and the SPCA as well as
national rescue groups to rescue abandoned or surrendered
Westies and find placement for them in new loving homes.
In many cases this requires significant veterinarian and foster
care expenses, all supported by the Club.
The San Francisco
Bay West Highland White Terrier Club:
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- maintains IRS 501(c)(7)
non-profit status,
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- is licensed by the American Kennel Club,
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- is a member of the
Sacramento Council of Dog Clubs.
The Club logo is a
composite of several designs submitted by the membership who decided on a concept that was melded into one design.
We thank Dave Phillips for the color version of the club logo.
SFBWHWTC
Constitution and By-Laws
SFBWHWTC
Code of Ethics
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