From The Hunting Tests

In less than ideal weather conditions, Kipper qualified for leg #4 today at Munfordville, KY. Skies have cleared and it is gorgeous, cold, great bird hunting weather for the Juniors and tommorrow's forecast is the same. :-)

At long last!

After what seems like an eternity but in reality is only a couple weeks late, Birdee has come in season. We are due in California on Halloween for the breeding! :-) This will put our puppies due right at the first of the year. Yay, Birdee Bing-Bang!!

Deer Hunting Duo

Our Kipper successfully trailed and located 2 deer this past week ... something we have worked hard to train him to do. One of the deer was located in the dark :) We're very proud of our boy! He needs 2 legs to complete his Senior Hunter title, and we'll be out this fall attempting to wrap that up.

The GSPCA National Field Trial is going on this week in Eureka, KS. For those of you who don't know, yours truly is the webmaster for GSPCA. Check the web site: [www.GSPCA.org] for updates and results as they occur.

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Skidboot the Dog

This sweet segment appeared on Google video recently:

SKIDBOOT THE DOG

Pretty cool story. Enjoy!

Birdee update Sat Oct 7

Well another week has come and gone and Birdee STILL hasn't come in season. We've heard of several other bitches who are late this autumn. Perhaps due to a hot summer? Who knows... all we can do is wait for her! :)

Birdee 2-Year Photos

Thanks to Auntie Wendi for helping with the 2 year photoshoot of our lovely Birdee. We've waited a long time for some nice shots of Birdee by our koi pond. :-) See the new photos [ HERE ]

Best In Show

We are delighted to congratulate Robin Remondi and SERA [Ch Robin Crest Silver Seraph, JH] on yet another All Breed BEST IN SHOW! Sunday, Oct 1, Burbank, CA, under Judge Mr. Erik Bergishagen. Sera beat some 1200 dogs that day. This is another in a long line of accomplishments for this fabulous bitch.

SERA is a full sibling to TEAK [Ch. Ersehnen Border Patrol] who will be siring our upcoming BIRDEE LITTER!!

See more of Sera and Teak's other relatives at Robin Crest Kennels Reg'd

Official OFA

Bird's health clearances are now all listed on the public OFA database, with the exception of her Cone Degeneration clearance which is via her sire/dam testing normal. You can view Birdee's OFA record [ HERE ]

Birdee's dam's CD clearance is being submitted to OFA which will complete her CHIC [Canine Health Information Center] requirements. There is a way to send the DNA info on sire/dam/get and acquire an OFA # for CD; so we plan to complete that process as soon as Gretta's clearance is posted to the database. The CD clearance will be Birdee's final requirement for CHIC. Read more about CHIC [ HERE ].

finding birds ;)

We spent the first half of the day yesterday and today working our dogs on birds. Kip is nearly 'tuned up' satisfactorily to attempt his final 2 legs at Senior Hunter. Our first hunting test of the season is Oct 28 & 29 in Kentucky.

Today we took the dogs down to Rick & Brenda's [Walnut Hill] and Kip did great. He's such a happy boy out there. It's a joy to watch. And a relief to see him behave himself. :-)