Titles & Brags

Waverly's eye clearance came back Normal, which also earned her OFA CHIC! She is genetically clear for everything and passed all her core clearances with Normal and Good scores.

Winger earned his Open Agility Preferred title at the Alamo Area Shetland Sheepdog Club trial in Boerne, TX! Onto Excellent!!!

Waverly said PC can't have all the fun and she passed her heart clearance via echo at the Tulsa health clinic!

PC got his OFA hips and elbow scores today! His elbows are NORMAL and hips EXCELLENT! He also received his CHIC number: 218937

Winger was chosen to participate in a study being done by the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine to try and identify an early marker for B-cell Lymphoma. Since Golden Retrievers have a high incidence of cancer and Winger's grandfather, Coupe, died young from lymphoma, I felt it was important to give back to the breed and hopefully contribute to scientific advancement in early cancer detection and screening. Thankfully our vet was fully on board and was hap

The four Goldens and I traveled to Tulsa, OK to show at the Mid-Continent Kennel Club of Tulsa and Natural State Golden Retriever Club shows, as well as run FastCAT. PC and I won our class on Saturday under breeder judge, Debbie Claussen at the NSGRC specialty show. In all the other shows we placed 2nd or 3rd in our class. All the Goldens LOVED running FastCAT! Ayla was unsure of the noise and other dogs barking at first, so she made me run her first run with her. Waverly and

PC turned 2 today!

February turned out to be a fantastic month for Winger and Waverly! Winger earned his Open Jumpers with Weaves Preferred title and is now just one Q away from his Open Agility Preferred title.

Happy birthday to me! Waverly earned the last Qs needed for her Novice Agility and Novice Jumpers with Weaves titles today at th K9X-press agility trial at DePaw Dog Sports.

Winger officially received his GRCA Versatility Certificate from GRCA!

Ayla, Waverly, and Winger got to try out UKC Shed Hunt today at Black Label Kennels! Winger picked it up right away, and Waverly got it pretty fast. Ayla enjoyed retrieving the sheds as long as I threw them for her, but she was hesitant to find and retrieve them when they were hidden. I bought shed supplies for training, so we will continue to work on it!

PC graduated from his Basic Companion obedience class tonight! He was a star pupil and got to choose a toy to take home at the end of class.

Winger earned his Novice Jumpers With Weaves Preferred title today at the Waco Agility Group trial in Belton!

Winger earned his first Open Standard Preferred Q today at the Austin Golden Retriever Club agility trial! He also earned another Novice JWW Preferred Q.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we added Prince Charming aka PC to the pack! Introducing, Amica Knight In Shining Armor. He is such a sweetheart and I can't wait to start working on sport training with him. He has 4 points towards his CH so we will also be jumping into the world of conformation.

Winger earned his Novice Agility Preferred title under judge Heather Dickinson this weekend at DePaw Dog Sports in Leander, TX. This title has been 2 years in the making and I am excited to say Winger is finally starting to be able to work in arousal and keep his jump bars up. Waverly picked up another Q in Novice Standard on Friday, so she is now one Q away from her Novice titles in both Standard and Jumpers with Weaves.

This past weekend, Waverly and Winger competed in the Capitol Dog Training Club of Austin agility trial. Waverly did extremely well in her second trial ever and picked up 2 Qs in Novice JWW and 1 Q in Novice Standard. Her Standard run on Sunday would have been a Q, but she kept getting distracted by a bar setter that was sitting directly in line with the weaves and was leaning forward with her elbows on her knees. Waverly was intrigued and popped out of the weaves 3 times to

This weekend Ayla made her AKC Scent Work trial debut in Novice and Waverly made her Advanced debut since finishing her SWN at the GRCA National Specialty in September. On Saturday, Ayla was scared to go into most of the search areas, but managed to pick up a Q and third place in Novice Buried. Waverly decided Buried and Container were not for her, but Q'd in Advanced Interior and Advanced Exterior. On Sunday, Ayla was much more comfortable and qualified in ALL her searches!

Winger and I traveled to Wilmington, Ohio to compete in the first ever AKC Scent Work Master National! Unfortunately, no photos or video were allowed of the competition. The first two days were an elimination round where the dogs completed Container, Buried, Interior, and Exterior searches to accrue points based on number of hides found plus negative points for false alerts, faults, and zero points for NQ-able offenses (destroying a container, eliminating in a search area, et

We hit the road to Purina Farms for our second GRCA National Specialty! Winger competed in the Junior Hunt test, WC, scent work, and agility. Waverly got to compete at her first specialty in scent work and agility. Winger passed his Junior Hunt test and WC with flying colors! He went 3/5 qualifying scores in scent work, and had some really amazing moments in agility with Premier JWW and Premier Standard runs that were so close to Qs. Waverly had a spectacular day at the scent