European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine High class primping for Pooch by Lisa Wolfe new York times to s the Best dog Adrienne Yorinks of owned 1o Henry a nine month old wheaten terrier thai was slurping Al Het lace. Who s my Guy Yorinks better known As the galloping Groomer sat crass Egied on the bathroom Hoar of a client s Home the other night. She was cradling Henry in her left Arm shaving his belly with her right  she said you give the Best  in her three year career As one of new York s Lew private dog groomers. Yorinks clientele have included Sambolino a pet of the Gucci family Sheba of Lille Italy who is primed once a year Lor the feast i san Gennaro a Standard poodle named Boris Pasternak and the Golden retrievers that sniff explosives for the new York City bomb squad. For sessions thai Cost $60 to $ 1 so and last two to three hours Yorinks visits dogs Home brushes and pats clips and Coos showers them with water and houses them with Praise in Manhattan however the Job has to do As much with handling space restraints As handling dogs. Yorinks has brushed poodles on dining room tables and rinsed Lhasa Apsis in Kitchen sinks. She has shampooed collies in antique tubs and even donned a bathing suit to join an English sheepdog in a Jacuzzi Hal was too big to reach into. Although she is an expensive alternative to the grooming shop where dogs Are dropped Olf Lor clipping and cleaning Lor about $30, she is booked three weeks in Advance three months around Christmas. An authority on the thriving subculture of new York City dogs Yorinks has a number i theories to explain her popularity. Treat it As something in facial and dog love it Tayi dog grooming entrepreneur Adrienne a rink. First is the dog Boom. More new yorkers Are slaying single longer waiting to have children because of careers or sharing their Homes with other singles for a variety of reasons. As a consequence Yorinks said More of them Are getting dogs everyone wants something to love she said and dogs ill thai need.". In addition the human health and illness craze is spilling into the dog world she said. Just As people Are willing to spend Money on hairdressers and aerobics classes they will pay to have their dogs Well kept. Yorinks who is 29 years old has a Bachelor s degree in animal behaviour irom the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a certificate from the new York school of dog grooming. She says her Job requires her to probe beneath furry exteriors to the Depths of dog psychology take the police department dogs she grooms in Spring and summer during lick and Lea season. Bomb squad dogs which Are trained to sit quietly after they have discovered explosives Are unusually Mellow Yorinks said and must be handled gently. Narcotics dogs which Are trained to clutch the drugs hey have found Are Lar More aggressive and will respond Only to Alou Gerhand. Yorinks must also Cope with jealousies. One afternoon for example she was grooming two dog. In a Greenwich Village apartment. As Vanoosh a Standard Hoodie was being brushed on the dining room table Skojie a bearded Collie was howling from neglect his nails poised to shred the Rug. Wilh the skill of an old kludge Garlen teacher Yorinks began to shill her attention from dog to dog stroking Vanoosh serving Skojie a liver i real clipping one of Vanoosh s nails giving a kiss to Skojie. Banking on canine sperm i Nysus Anslager United press International t boasts a Frozen semen newsletter a Mobile lab Lor on site sperm collection and clients ranging from police departments to Little old  it s a sperm Bank but the canine cry Bank inc. Of West los Angeles is a sperm Bank of a different kind it s Lor dogs Only. Ullh sperm collected from More than 500 dogs from across America canine cry Bank is the largest sperm Bank for dogs in the West and among the largest in the world. It s one of about a dozen that have sprouted up in the United Stales since the american Kennel club authorized in 1981 the registration of titters produced from Frozen semen. Or Priscilla Lockner the Bank s veterinarian and reproductive specialist said the Industry has grown quickly in the face of rising costs of shipping dogs Cross country and a demand for top notch Gane pools. Ohn la dog you want As a sire is on the other Side of the country and it s very expensive to Breed dogs Cross country slow finer said. It is far cheaper to ship the sperm across the country Lor Job than to ship a great Dano for $1,000." most of Stockner s clients Ere professional dog breeders or owners who find it easier and less costly to Breed their expensive studs and bitches by sperm collection and artificial insemination. By shipping Frozen sperm instead of the actual dog breeders no longer risk losing their dogs 10 inflight deaths in air plane storage compartments a common fear among breeders. Stockner said. Stockner mid her clinic opened in 1931. Also has a Lougher screening process for potential donors than some breeders a procedure which she believes gives clients a greater guarantee of Success than with Normal  checks a dog s sperm count the Quality of the sperm and whether the dog has prostate disease skin disorders or infection of the Lestes. All problems that May reduce the Potency of the sperm. Officials also require a rays of the dogs parents three generations Back to insure a Low probability of genetic hip disease. We re not Likely to miss a problem with a dog whereas a breeder might not know about a problem Stockner said. The fee for up to to sperm collections is $260, which includes a $75 annual storage fee. The sperm Bank has collected samples from about 200 California dogs and from another 300 dogs that visited its six branches throughout the nation. Stockner attributes much of her Success loan increased interest in work  among the Bank s clients Are dogs that help the hearing impaired dogs that help the disabled by pulling their wheelchairs or other activities and seeing Eye dogs Tor the Blind. About a dozen California police department from around the slate have also had sperm taken from i heir police dogs in the Hope that the qualities that made the dogs suited for police work will be passed on to their litters. The service is not restricted to Blu blood Only however. Aboul 10 percent of the Bank s clients Are dog owners who wan to preserve  Mutl Lor another generation.  in and say i want a piece of him Back in my Lile said sperm Bank founder and president Carol Bardwick. At the Bank located at the West los Angeles veterinary medical group me sperm is collected from male dogs brought in and matched up to leaser dogs in heat that Are rented to the clinic for $25. The donor dogs apparently Don t mind the process. One lady was bringing her dog quite frequently and every Lime she turned onto our Street the dog would just Foo crazy Bardwick said. Once they know where they Are going they re very  after the sperm is examined and approved by Stockner it is slowly Frozen to minus 196 degrees celcius in liquid nitrogen. The sperm is then stored until a suitable female dog is found. The sperm can be stored Tor years often longer than the Breeding Lile of the dog and can be shipped Cross country in its liquid nitrogen if necessary. Stockner said monday May 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13