2007 HAS BEEN SUCH A BUSY AND EXCITING YEAR HERE AT GROUSE POINT, WITH OUR NEW PROPERTY AND KENNELS, BUSY TRAINING SCHEDULE, AND MANY OF MY DOG AND PUPPY OWNERS TRAINING AND PREPING THIER DOGS FOR FIELD TESTS AND SHOW RING, THAT I HAVE BEEN TARDY IN POSTING UPDATES. I WILL TRY TO RECAP THE SEASON AND IT'S HIGH POINTS.
MARCH - GRETEL/KLAUS PUPS ARE BORN MAR. 15TH. 9 PUPS, 5 MALES AND 4 FEMALES.
MAY - GROUSE POINT'S LUSCIOUS LEXY, GROUSE POINT'S ETTA BRUNE, AND HERBST BRIESE ADELWOLF EARN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION TITLES. ADELWOLF ALSO WINS BEST OF BREED AND PLACES THIRD IN THE SPORTING GROUP.
JUNE - JUNE 2ND - DAN AND KARA GANNON ALONG WITH DAN WALL, AND JUSTIN LINDHARDT HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH KLAUS/BELLE GRANDPUPPIES AT THE NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN NAVHDA TEST.
4 OF THERE PUPPIES EARN PRIZES IN NATURAL ABILITY, 2 PRIZE I, 1 PRIZE II, AND 1 PRIZE III.
THIS EARNS DANKAR'S KENNELS A NATURAL ABILITY BREEDERS AWARD.
JUNE 3RD - FRED HOYME'S, GROUSE POINT'S GRETA II EARNS PRIZE I IN NATURAL ABILITY WITH A SCORE OF 107.
THIS COMPLETES A NAVHDA NATURAL ABILITY BREEDERS AWARD FOR GROUSE POINT ON THE 2006 KLAUS/GRETEL BREEDING. THE AVERAGE SCORE FOR THE PUPS TESTED WAS 107 OUT OF 112 POSSIBLE.
JUNE 9TH & 10TH - ST CROIX NAVHDA HOLDS IT'S FIRST TEST.
FRED HOYME AND GROUSE POINT'S GRETA II EARN ANOTHER PRIZE I, THIS TIME WITH A MAX SCORE OF 112.
BUDDY YANTZ AND FELDJAEGER'S SIEGFRIED (SIGGY) EARN NATURAL ABILITY PRIZE I WITH A SCORE OF 107.
MATT VALITCHKA AND CHANCE EARN A NATURAL ABILITY PRIZE I WITH A SCORE OF 107.
BOB MARSH'S CEDARWOOD'S TUKAZOE (KUPR) EARNS NATURAL ABILITY PRIZE III.
AND MY FELDJAEGER'S SHERMAN (TANK) EARNS NATURAL ABILITY PRIZE III.
AUG 25TH & 26TH - DAN GANNON'S 16 MONTH OLD, GROUSE POINT'S ANCEL LEAR, 2006 KLAUS/GRETEL BREEDING, EARNS NAVHDA UTILITY PRIZE I WITH A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 204.
DAN ALSO RAN 13 MONTH OLD DANKAR'S HAUPT VON EBENBILDT TO A PRIZE I WITH A SCORE OF 201. EBEN IS A GRANDPUP TO KLAUS AND BELLE.
BOTH OF THESE DOGS QUALIFY FOR THE 2008 NAVHDA INVITATIONAL.
CONGRATS DAN AND KARA GANNON.
SEPTEMBER 14TH THRU 16TH - ST. CROIX NAVHDA HOLDS IT'S SECOND TEST OF THE YEAR.
INT CH GROUSE POINT'S LUSCIOUS LEXY EARNS UTILITY PRIZE II.
RALPH SOBKOWICZ RAN 6 MONTH OLD GROUSE POINT'S ALEXIS MARIE TO A PRIZE II IN NATURAL ABILITY WITH A SCORE OF 107.
KARA GANNON HANDLED DANKAR'S SCHOTZLING SCHONE (SASHA) FOR ME AND EARNED A PRIZE II IN NATURAL ABILITY WITH A SCORE OF 108.
KARA AND FELDJAEGER'S BERIT GORE ALSO EARN A PRIZE III IN UTILITY.
DAN GANNON'S GROUSE POINT'S ETTA BRUNE EARNS A UTILITY PRIZE II.
I ALSO HANDLED CEDARWOODS TUKAZOE (KUPR), BOB MARSH'S PUDELPOINTER. KUPR EARNED A NATURAL ABILITY PRIZE I WITH A SCORE OF 110.
SEPTEMBER 27TH THRU 30TH. 2007 NAVHDA INVITATIONAL - HELD IN MEXICO, MO.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH, HOWIE HILL AND INT CH GROUSE POINT'S BLITZ MH, PASS THE NAVHDA INVITATIONAL WITH A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 200 AND EARN THE NAVHDA VERSATILE CHAMPION TITLE. BLITZ IS A GREAT DOG AND THIS IS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. CONGRATS TO HOWIE AND BLITZ.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY DOG OWNERS. I AM SURE THAT I'VE MISSED SOME OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I AM PROUD TO HAVE YOU TRAINING AND CAMPAIGNING MY PUPS AND THERE OFFSPRING.