Brags
Peg Forte has the following brags for her two Flat-coats.
Light-foot’s Texas Two Step CD RN RA
Finished his APDT Rally Level 1 title with an Award of Excellence
At the Canadian Flat-Coat Specialty he was Best of Opposite Sex Altered. He earned his RN title with scores of 100 (1st place), 97, 96. He earned his CD with 188 (3rd place), 191.5 (4th place),193 (2nd place).
StormWatch WhirlWynd
earned her AKC Championship on August 14th at the Harrisburg KC finishing with a 4 point major. At the Canadian Flat-coat Specialty she was Winner’s Bitch (5 Point Major) On her first time out as a special at a MAFCRC supported event at the Ramapo KC in October she was BOS earning her first 5 point toward the Grand Championship.
Valerie Bernhardt has the following for her Flat-coats;
CH Meadowrue Quick Step “Jenny” RE CD
Jenny finished her CD at Susquenango Obedience Club on July 23 with a nice score of 194. She gained her first JH leg at WRC’s hunt test. The Flat-coats and I attended the Canadian specialty in Nova Scotia and had a pretty busy weekend - the dogs outdid themselves. Jenny finished her Rally Novice title with a 4th, 3rd and 1st place and earned her Canadian WC. On October 15 she earned her American WC at the Garden State GRC.
ARCH Ch Meadowrue Night to Remember “Rip” CDX RE JH WC AX MXJ OF Can WCI
At Susquenango Obedience Club Rip gained his first Graduate Open leg with a 3rd place and finished his MXJ on August 6. It was a long time coming due to his inept handler!
At the Canadian Specialty he was 4th in Veteran Sweeps; 2nd in Stud dog; finished his Canadian CD with a 195 (first place) 194 (High in Trial) and the next day earned his first CDX leg with a 193 and second place. In between he was first in the Bred By class and on the last day earned his WCI.
CH Meadowrue Original Dance CDX RE JH WC NA NAJ NF Canadian WCI “Ross”
Ross earned his Canadian WCI.
Quillquest Starry Starry Night “Rocky”
Rocky was 4th in Open dog at the Canadian Specialty.
Photo www.MarshaWilcox.com
Indian Trail's Rizin Star “Bruno”
Pepper & Sharon Lyons
qualified and competed in the 2011 Master National. Completed the first two series but unfortunately was eliminated in the third. Has two (2) passes for next year’s Master National in Alabama.
Handled by Pepper Lyons
Indian Trial's Black Dot Rock “Bruiser”
Pepper & Sharon Lyons
Bruiser earned his Master Hunter Title on 7/31/11 but came up one short to qualify for the 2011 Master National. Has one pass for next year’s Master National in Alabama.
Handled by Sharon Lyons
Red Lions Notorious “Thor”
Al and Zac Melhus
Eastern Ontario RC - 5-21-11 Qualifying 1st All -Age dog in Canada
Handler Lorne Langevin
Also Qualifying 2nd Pine Ridge RC & 2 CM IN ONTARIO
American Chesapeake National Show in PA Field Trial Dog 3rd
Morningstar Maia SH WCX CCA “Maia”
Ginnie Pastor
On Sept. 27 in Atlanta, Ga., Ginnie Pastor and Maia were awarded the Ralph Boalt - Stilrovin Memorial Trophy for being the highest placing Breeder-Owner-Handler at the GRCA National Specialty Field Trial. It was made more special by the fact that Pat Sadler was the very first recipient of this trophy in 1977 with FC-AFC Tigathoe's Kiowa II OS, FDHF.
Can Ch. Gaylan’s Hole in One MH MX MXJ NF WCX OD VCX CCA “Una”
Gayle Watkins
I am so proud to send this brag that Una and I finished her Master Hunter title weekend of October 1 and earned a bumper leg weekend of October 8. She is now Can CH Gaylan’s Hole in One MH MX MXJ NF WCX OD VCX CCA http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=80875.
Una and I have faced many challenges along the way to her Master title, most of which had me convinced we would never get there despite her passion for the work. Right after she finished her SH, I got sick and was laid up for two years. She was 8 as we started back into training so I worried about her age and doing the level of work required for Master. Two months later, I found out that Una had lost all the vision in her right eye due to pigmentary uveitis. At that point, I was sure our journey to Master was over but Una had different ideas.
We made some adaptations and kept training, finally screwing up the courage to enter. Una earned two legs in our first two Master tests! Then she came in season, requiring a month-long hiatus. When we got back to training and competing, something wasn’t quite right. She failed a few tests and just wasn’t running like the dog that I knew. I suspected she had pyometra so decided to have her spayed. During the surgery we found out it wasn’t an infection, it was SIX POUNDS of uterine cysts that were slowing her down. Her recovery took a while so we had to wait till the spring to get back to training and testing.
We had to wait impatiently through a horrendous NY winter but finally got out in late April. Just as we started training again, the pressure in Una’s eye skyrocketed, requiring that we remove her eye. That surgery meant 30 days of NO activity so we waited impatiently to get started again. At this point she was 9 years old and was showing her age with some arthritis in her carpals and a sore stifle. Although I don’t know why, we also had to make further adaptations to her handling now that the eye was gone. We did and started entering tests again in July.
After one failure when she simply could not see the birds, she then earned four passes in a row and is now running like a young dog. We have passed in terrible heat, Hurricane Irene, in miserable cold, wind and rain. She weathers these conditions much better than I do!
Una is my first breeder-owner trained and handled Master Hunter and it is an honor to walk to the line with this dog, who lives to hunt and rises to every challenge she can see ?. My thanks to Team Una, those who have helped me manage her body and learn this sport, adapting it to her challenges. You are the BEST!!
I hope Una can encourage the golden retriever community to face PU head on and while we figure out how to cure/manage this disease, allow the affected dogs to live full rich lives. Una definitely doesn’t ask for anyone’s pity, only that you throw the darn birds and get out of the way!! I love you, Una! You are my hero!!
Gayle Watkins
Poison Ivy Bonecrusher MH “Ghyllie”
Mike Zukovich
Ghyllie earned her Master Hunter title weekend of September 10 at Fingerlakes.