OVER THE WEEKEND OF JULY 9TH AND 10TH FOUR GROUSE POINT PUPS AND TWO TRAINING DOGS RAN IN THE KETTLE MORAINE CHAPTER OF NAVHDA'S NATURAL ABILITY TEST. ALL SIX DOGS EARNED PRIZES,AND THE GROUSE POINT PUPS FINISHED A NATURAL ABILITY BREEDERS AWARD. STARTING WITH THE BREEDER AWARD LITTER OUT OF BELLE AND KLAUS:
GROUSE POINT'S HILDE BRUNE, PRIZE I AND A SCORE OF 112 POINTS. KARA GANNON RAN HILDE TO PERFECT SCORES OF 112 ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THEY WERE BOTH AT THE TOP OF THERE GAME.
GROUSE POINT'S MONA LACY, PRIZE II AND A SCORE OF 105 POINTS. I RAN LACY WHO IS OWNED BY MY MOTHER SHIRLEY MCMILLAN. SHE SENT LACY TO ME 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE TEST FOR SOME OBEDIENCE TRAINING. SHE HAD BEEN IN THE FIELD ON BIRDS ONLY 4 TIMES BEFORE THIS TEST.
GROUSE POINT'S FISCHER, PRIZE III AND A SCORE OF 102 POINTS. FISH HAD A GREAT RUN IN THE FIELD AND ALSO IN THE WATER. HE HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE TRACK OF THE PHEASANT, IT WAS JUST THE SECOND TIME FOR HIM ON A TRACK.
ALONG WITH GROUSE POINT'S LUSCIOUS LEXY, WHO RAN A MONTH EARLIER IN MINNESOTA WITH A PRIZE II AND A SCORE OF 97, THESE 4 PUPS QUALIFIED FOR A NAVHDA NATURAL ABILITY BREEDERS AWARD WITH AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 104 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 112.
FELDJAEGER GUS, A PUP OUT OF KLAUS AND GROUSE POINT'S MARTA, A FEMALE FROM MY LAST BREEDER AWARD LITTER, ALSO HAD AN EXCELLENT RUN. EARNING A PRIZE I WITH A SCORE OF 110. TRINTON WILLIE, HIS OWNER, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HIM. I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL MY PUPS AND THIER OWNERS, JOB WELL DONE.
I ALSO HAD 2 OTHER PUPS IN THIS TEST, ONE THAT I HAD IN FOR TRAINING, ROSIE, HAD A GREAT DAY EARNING A PRIZE I WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 112. DAN SLAIKEU, HER OWNER WAS THERE AND GOT A CHANCE TO SEE ROSIE AT HER BEST.
THE OTHER PUP WAS HERBST BRIESE ADELWOLF, (WUFF), A SIX MONTH OLD PUP I GOT FROM LYNN ERICKSON, OUT OF HER ANGEL AND CLYDE VETTER'S TANGO, EARNED A PRIZE III WITH A SCORE OF 90. WUFF RAN FIRST ON SUNDAY AND CLEARLY WASN'T VERY FOCUSED DURING HIS FIELD WORK. HE DID GREAT IN THE WATER AND ON THE TRACK. I WILL BE RUNNING HIM AGAIN, ALONG WITH KLAUS IN UTILITY AT THE AUGUST TEST AT KETTLE MORAINE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE ALL THESE OWNERS AND THIER PUPS TOGETHER FOR THE WEEKEND AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES AFTER SCORES WERE READ. THANK YOU ALL TO MY PUPPY OWNERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.