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September 2023 – Dual Fuel
A number of Trax youngsters have recently demonstrated having both show looks and talent afield. Billie, Dezzi, Bonnie and Vaughn all attained Weimaraner Club of America Dual Futurity awards, Rhiannon has a lot of AKC show points and scored a maximum 112 in her NAVHDA Natural Ability test, Soda has a lot of CKC show points and won a CKC all breed Open Puppy stake her first kick at the can, Raffi has AKC show points as well as all breed Open Puppy and Open Derby stake wins to her credit, Emz has won a 5 point AKC Show major, an all breed Derby stake and notched a maximum 112 on a NAVHDA Natural Ability test and Dietrich attained a CKC Show Championship with Best of Breed wins and Group placements and NAVHDA Natural Ability Prize 1 award. Congrats to all!
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August 2023 – The Airborne Division
Some very agile and speedy of the Trax crew have been making agility hay this summer. Hearty congratulations are in order to both Opie and Sterling for attaining their second Masters Agility Championship and to Ocean for notching a MACH 4 title. Way to fly!
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July 2023 – Triple Play
A lot of the crew have been playing successfully in show, field and obedience lately. Afield the pupster Raffi notched all-breed AKC Open Puppy and Open Derby stake wins, Kenni won an AKC Open Gun Dog major, Esme won a pair of AKC Amateur Gun Dog stakes, one of those an all-breed major, the pupster Emz volunteered fully broke birdwork en route to an all-breed AKC Amateur Walking Derby stake win, Ivy and Luke both won AKC all-breed Amateur Limited all breed stakes and Vaughn ran steady to wing and shot in an Amateur Walking Derby stake for the blue ribbon. In the show ring Rocco and Thor finished AKC Show Championships and in obedience Mick finished his CKC Companion Dog Excellent with a monster top score of 199/200 following up with back to back High in Trials.
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June 2023 – Nationality
The Canadian Trax contingent made quite a splash at the Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty week. Starting with marvellous Mick who won High in Trial in Obedience with an Open A monster score of 199/200; he also passed the Tracking Dog Urban test and Novice Shooting and Retrieving Ratings. Next up, Kenni, who was awarded Most Versatile Weimaraner for combined event results that included passing Shooting Dog Excellent and Retrieving Dog Ratings, qualifying in Novice obedience and winning Triple High Combined in Rally Obedience, Billie was awarded Junior Most Versatile Weimaraner with a Show Futurity placement and qualifying scores in Rally Novice, Novice Shooting Dog and Novice Retrieving Dog, Spiffy was the High Scoring Dog in Novice level Agility competition and also qualified in Novice Shooting and Retrieving Ratings and passed the Tracking Dog test. Lastly, the yearling Dezzi really stepped up all week long, passing the Tracking Dog Excellent test and Novice Shooting and Novice Retrieving Ratings in style, earning her Rally Novice title with a perfect score of 100 and winning her show Futurity class. Kudos all!
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May 2023 – Badda Bing, Badda Boom
Several of the Traxters have been flexing their muscles afield lately: Esme attained both CKC Field and Amateur Field Championship titles with a 5 point major Amateur Shooting Dog stake win, Frances finished an AKC Master Hunter title, Pie and Tilde got themselves AKC Senior Hunter titles, Kenni and Beck got themselves CKC Field Dog Excellent titles with top scores of 96 and 99/100 respectively, Kenni iced the cake with back to back CKC Amateur and Open Shooting Dog field trial stake wins and a three point major in a CKC Open Shooting Dog stake, Ivy got a pair of three point majors in CKC Amateur Shooting Dog stakes, Luke won an AKC Open Gun Dog stake and the yearling Dezzi garnered a maximum 100/100 score en route to a CKC Field Dog Junior title. Swell done everyone!
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April 2023 – Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
This month we recognize Opie on the occasion of achieving his Masters Agility Championship title, Bodie for completing an AKC Show Championship, Sterling on making the finals at the AKC National Agility Championship, the pupster Soda for a big CKC Open Puppy field trial stake win her first kick at the can, Reign on a 3 Point Open All Age field trial stake win, Ocean with near perfect scoring and a sea of blue ribbons en route to an AKC Rally Championship, Rush for an AKC Tracking Dog title and Mick for notching a CKC Open obedience leg with a simply monster score of 199/200. Way to go!
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March 2023 -Sniff, Sniff, Hooray
Putting their noses to the grindstone recently, search dog Olive certified as a Human Remains Detection specialist, the yearling Jax went 5/5 en route to an AKC Senior Hunter title, Avy won a 3 point all breed Amateur Limited Field trial stake, Luther won 2 and 3 point Amateur Gun Dog stakes, Kenni passed an AKC Tracking Dog Urban test and Billie earned an AKC Tracking Dog title. Way to sniff!
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February 2023 – Top of The Charts
The results of events held in 2022 have been tabulated and a number of the crew have earned some national level bragging rights. Leading that charge is Esme, who attained the all-breed #1 spot in CKC Field Trial competition for both Amateur and Open Shooting Dog categories and to top it off she was also the #1 Weimaraner in CKC Rally Obedience competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psukVRDroX8 Ocean heeled, fetched and jumped her way land in the #1 Weimaraner spot in AKC Obedience competition for 2022 and Prim listened up with many High in Trial wins to attain the #1 Weimaraner in CKC Obedience competition.
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January 2023 – Pitter Patter Getting At ‘Er
Looking sharp in the field, the six month old rookie Bonnie notched a NAVHDA Natural Ability Prize 1 score. Audrey Rose zigged, zagged and soared to an AKC Masters Agility Championship, Prim heeled, fetched and obeyed her way to an AKC Utility Dog title and Kenni, Saba, Rubi and Vaughn all looped around the show ring to AKC Show Championships.
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December 2022 – Heavy Hitters
No matter what the venue, various of Traxters have recently shown that they have what it takes to deliver a knockout punch in competition. In the field, at just 2 years old Luke earned a CKC Field Dog Excellent Champion title and Avy won three consecutive Amateur field trial stakes to attain her AKC Amateur Field Championship title. In agility, Sterling completed a Masters Agility Championship title and here is a link one of her very speedy runs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JLFgLiR-c On track, Breyer became the first Weimaraner ever to earn the very challenging CKC Master Tracking Championship title. In the show ring, Soba earned his AKC Grand Championship in just 2 weekends of showing and the handsome kiddo Franklin completed an AKC Show Championship from the puppy classes. In Obedience, Mick accomplished the very rare and impressive feat of a perfect 200 score en route to an AKC Companion Dog title. Hearty congratulations to all of these next level competitors.
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November 2022 – On Trax
Lotsa the crew have put their noses to the ground to achieve success in tracking test competition. Earning Tracking Dog titles were Sparrow, Nikitta, Fable, Esme, Billie, Dezzi, Ivy and Mercer. Earning CKC Urban Tracking Dog titles were Mick and Emma, an AKC Tracking Dog Urban title was attained by Lola and Kenni and Luke both earned Tracking Dog Excellent titles. Way to sniff!
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October 2022 – Western Pleasure
The Trax crew had a good showing at the WCA Western Regional Field trial, Reign led the charge with a wide ranging run and a bunch of bird finds to win the Open All Age stake and, keeping it all in the family, her kid Bullet hit the edges and pointed his way to a win of the Field Futurity stake. Prior to the Western Nyx had never entered a field trial but she didn’t let that lack of experience hinder her from putting on a simply stellar performance to win the Open Derby stake. Avy, who arrived at the grounds with her litter of 7 week old puppies in tow, seamlessly switched gears from stay at home mom to career gal with a win of the 3 point major Amateur Gun Dog stake and Vaughn showed great application, range and athleticism in his win of the Open Puppy stake. Congratulations to all of the folks involved in these success stories!
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September 2022 – Talent Galore
Ivy was smoking hot zipping around the summer field trial circuit to an Open Gun Dog stake win and a pair of Amateur Gun Dog stake wins, the rookie Billie earned her stripes with a Derby stake win on her very first kick at the field trial can and then changed gears to earn Best of Breed and Best Puppy in Group show wins along with a Sporting Dog Group placement from the puppy class, Vaughn rocked and rolled to a win of an all breed Puppy stake, Socks and Dusty Rose each put on a quite a show en route to Master Hunter titles and Kenni notched a Senior Hunter title and pivoted the very next weekend to heel and obey her way to an all breed obedience High in Trial award with a score of 197/200 from the Novice B class. Congrats to everyone involved in the success of these talented critters.
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August 2022 – Gettin’ er Done
In various venues the Traxters have been gettin’ er done. Reign scampered to a very rare accomplishment for a Weimaraner, a blue ribbon in an Amateur All Age Field trial stake. Prim heeled, jumped and fetched her way to High in Trial and High Combined awards in obedience at the Weimaraner Association of Canada National Specialty obedience trial as well as completing a CKC Master Obedience Trial Champion title, Ocean notched a MACH2 Agility Championship and iced that cake with an obedience Utility Dog title, in hunt tests Ripp notched a Senior Hunter title and, in the show ring, Pie and Apollo completed AKC Show Championships. Congrats to all!
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July 2022 – North Stars
Buncha da Traxter’s been shredding it in Canadian events as of late. Esme led the charge by nabbing Amateur and Open Shooting Dog field trial stake major wins and a Rally Master title in her spare time, Ivy right behind with an major Amateur Shooting Dog win. The up and comer Luke completed his Field Dog title with a top score of 96/100 and carried on to earn a Field Dog Excellent title on his 2nd birthday. His sister Piper earned her Field Dog title with a monster top score of 99/100 and then dipped stateside to ice the cake with an AKC Senior Hunter title. In Obedience, Mick earned himself a High in Trial award with a great score of 197/200 from the Novice B class and Dezzi notched herself Best of Opposite/Best Puppy in Sporting Group show wins from the 9-12 month class. Best of all, these accomplishments were all made by kiddos that were owner trained and handled.
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June 2022 – Dual Champion
Avy launched her field trial career with a bang in winning an all breed Open Puppy stake at the very first trial she attended and she never looked back from there, completing her Field Championship with her hallmark intelligent, athletic application and tremendous style on birds and best of all, Avy was owner handled to all of her field trial wins. Special thanks to field pro Todd Yamamoto who helped with Avy’s steadying to wing and shot. Avy made equally short work of her conformation Championship, handled by pro Lesli Smith. Hearty thanks go out to all the scouts, training partners, transporters and coaches who contributed to Avy’s terrific achievement.
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May 2022 – Dual Champion
Luther’s path to a Dual Championship was both a cinderella story and a quintessential team effort. Due to a uterine torsion he was the only puppy in his litter to survive and it was decided to grow him out to determine his potential, with thanks to the legion of Trax community volunteers who played a role in his foundational development. Luther was precocious in field ability winning the Western Classic Field Futurity and Open Derby stakes while still puppy age with fully broke birdwork. He won his first senior stake while still a yearling and special thanks to professional field trainer Todd Yamamoto who handled Luther to his Field Championship with 3 and 5 point Open Gun Dog all breed horseback stake wins. Luther then hit the show ring where he completed his Championship with 3 majors including Best of Breed and Best of Opposite wins with thanks to Holly McKnight and Mike Boyd for show handling help.
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April 2022 – Awesome Afield
Avy showed ’em who’s boss in the field this month with an all breed major AKC Open Gun Dog stake win, the up and comers Lotte and Kenni strutted their stuff to new CKC Field Dog titles with monster top scores of 98/100 and 96/100 respectively, the teenager Danny tore it up with stylish broke birdwork to complete a CKC Field Dog Junior title with a perfect 100/100 score, Carmen and Gracie hunted pointed, retrieved and honored their way to AKC Senior Hunter titles, Onyx was handled by pro trainer Diane Vater to a win of the WCA Eastern Field Futurity stake, Ivy won a CKC Open Shooting Dog stake and Loren completed the requirements for a CKC Field Dog Excellent Champion title. Bam!
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March 2022 – Triple Threat
Showing off in the show ring recently were Jackson who completed his Championship in short order with thanks to professional handler Amy Tourond. Also showing off, Kenni notched Best of Opposite and Best of Breed wins over specials from the classes. In the field Forrest won an all breed Open Derby stake with professional trainer Scott Azevedo handling and Esme earned her Senior Hunter title with 5 consecutive passes. Showing off in the Obedience ring, Ocean completed her Companion Dog title with a High in Trial award and then moved up to attain her Companion Dog Excellent title with a top score of 198.5/200. Congrats to all involved in their success.
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February 2022 – Performance Trifecta
Afield the spotlight shines this month on the go-getter Onyx warmed up with an all breed Open Derby stake win and then put a really big feather in her cap with a win of the Weimaraner Club of America National Field Trial Open Derby stake, congratulations to everyone on Team Onyx with special thanks to professional field trainer Diane Vater for training and handling Onyx to this huge win. In obedience, the spotlight shines on the clever keener Frances who attained her AKC Companion Dog title with a top score of 197/200, and in agility kudos go out to the speed demon Tacoma for notching a Masters Agility Championship.
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January 2022 – Fine Form
Looking very good this month whilst posing up and gaiting around the show ring en route to AKC conformation show Championships were: the yearlings Tica and Teal on the east coast balanced out by Mick and Trip finishing their championships on the west coast.
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December 2021 – All Systems Go
Rocking and rolling to accolades this month are, in agility Rye notched a WCA National Agility High in Trial award from the JWW division and Ocean a MACH Agility Championship title, afield Avy won a 3 point major all breed Amateur Gun Dog stake and, at the WCA Western Regional Field Classic, blue ribbons were awarded to Radar in the Open Gun Dog stake and to Dillon in both the All Age and Amateur Gun Dog stakes, and in the show ring the beauteous Ellie gaited and posed her way to an owner-handled AKC Grand Championship title. Congrats to all of these fine competitors and their handlers with special thanks to professional field trainer Todd Yamamoto for training and handling Radar.
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November 2021 – Scentsational
Leaning into their harnesses and putting their noses to the grindstone Loren, Lyric, Emma, Luke and the puppy Darla all attained Tracking Dog titles, equally successful in advanced level tests, Kenni sniffed her way to a Tracking Dog Excellent title and Breyer passed an advanced level urban test to complete the requirements for her CKC Tracking Championship. Congratulations to all of these super sniffers.
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October 2021 – Canadian Capers
The Trax crew have really been outdoing themselves north of the border of late. Nikitta the speedster completed an Agility Championship, Prim notched all breed Obedience High in Trial wins from both Open and Utility classes, Fable aced her Field Dog test with a 100/100 score and also passed her Tracking Dog Excellent test, Esme aced her Water Dog Junior test with a perfect 100/100 and Kenni finished her Show Championship.
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September 2021 – Bam!
A bevy of Trax’ters hit fieldwork home runs lately. In NAVHDA Natural Ability tests the pupsters Mercer and Nyx notched impressive scores of 110/112 and the pupsters Fraser and Piper maximum 112 scores, with 3 of those 4 kiddos handled by NAVHDA newbie handlers. But it was Luther that really knocked it out of the park this month. All along, Luther has made his presence known in field competition. While still puppy aged, he won WCA Western Open Derby and Field Futurity stakes with broke birdwork on all finds, then won his first all breed broke stake while still a yearling, and lately put on an impressive show to win 3 and a 5 point major Open Gun Dog stakes in all breed horseback competition to complete the requirements for his AKC Field Championship title. Thanks to pro trainer Todd Yamamoto for training and handling this superstar.
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August 2021 – Gray Power
This month it’s all about celebrating getting it done no matter the venue. In the agility ring Andy bobbed, leapt and weaved to become a 5x Masters Agility Champion. In the obedience ring Trace earned the first leg towards her Companion Dog title with a High in Trial award and monster score of 198. In the show ring Jazz strutted his stuff to an AKC Show Championship and in the field Socks hunted, pointed and retrieved with ambition, class and manners to an all breed Amateur Gun Dog field trial stake win.
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July 2021 – Bird Brains
These Traxters used their tremendous field ability superpower to make judges sit up in the saddle and take notice in CKC Field Dog Test competition in AB, SK and ON recently. Turning in particularly stellar performances at the Field Dog level were – Esme, showing everyone how it’s done with a top qualifying score of 100/100, Ivy, earning her FD title with a very snappy top score of 98/100, Piper getting on the FD scoreboard with a super 97/100 and the pupster Nyx completed her Field Dog Junior title with a top score of 96/100. Bam!
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June 2021 – Cover Girls
This bevy of beauties, Singas, Briar, Ocean and Avy have all recently completed AKC Show Championships. As icing on the cake, Singas finished with a bang in winning a 5 point major capped off with a major Select win at a Regional Weimaraner Specialty Show and Briar in the same month added to her beauty show major wins a Senior Hunter title. Congratulations to these fancy lassies and their handlers.
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May 2021 – Fine and Dandy
This month I am happy to report that the kiddo Pie did a perfectly fine job in the field to win the WCA Eastern Classic Field Futurity and Tacoma did just dandy in making Challenger’s round of the uber competitive AKC National Agility Trial. Congratulations to both of these pups and their handlers.
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April 2021 – Savvy Sleuths
Rizz and Breyer both applied their noses to university campus lawns, sidewalks and parking lots in passing one hour old CKC Urban Tracking Dog tests – Rizz with speed, accuracy and determination and Breyer with perseverance, patience and focus. Congratulations to both of these savvy sniffers!
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March 2021 – On Point
These fine field trial dogs all notched senior field trial stakes wins this month. Radar was piloted by pro trainer Todd Yamamoto to a 4 point major AKC Open Limited Gun Dog stake win. Avy, in her broke stake debut, gave the pointers and setters a piece of her mind with an American Field Open Shooting Dog stake win, guest handled by Lisa DeLeonardo, and Sage was owner trained and handled to an AKC Open Gun Dog stake win. Congratulations to everyone involved in these successes.
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February 2021 – Twice as Nice
These three yearlings have established equal competitiveness in both show and field events. Alley added to her Show Championship a pair of GCH major wins and a NAVHDA Natural Ability test maximum 112 score. Singas garnered a bunch of AKC show points and then won an all breed Puppy field trial stake and Dusty Rose added to her Grand Championship a Senior Hunter title. Congratulations gals and their entire support teams!
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January 2021 – Spectacular Bid
In a simply sensational 2020 Reign completed Field and Amateur Field Championships, won a 24 dog all breed Open Limited Gun Dog stake, a WCA Regional Amateur Gun Dog Classic and the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship. Reign’s many field trial wins and placements throughout the year put her in the #1 spot for the Weimaraner Club of America year end All Age/Gun Dog standings. Best of all Reign has been exclusively amateur-owner trained and handled to all of these accolades.
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December 2020 – The Fab 4
Team Trax got ‘er done at the WCA Western Classic field trial winning 4 of the 5 stakes offered. After warming up with an all breed Open Gun Dog major field trial stake win the weekend before, Sparkle led the way at the with a win of the Open Gun Dog Classic, a win that also finished her Field Championship title. After warming up with an all breed Open Derby stake win the weekend before, Shadow took home the blue in the Western Open Derby stake. Reign cruised to victory in the Amateur Gun Dog Classic and by all accounts Thor put on a spectacular show to win the Field Futurity stake. Thanks to the scouts and all the peeps involved in the success of these terrific dogs with special thanks to professional trainer Todd Yamamoto for full time training and handling of Thor and for part time training and handling of Sparkle.
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November 2020 – Super Sniffers
Using their keen noses and staunch commitment to the task these Trax’ters all recently earned CKC Tracking titles. The eager beavers Fable, Esme, Kenni and Ivy all zipped along their assigned tracks faithfully indicating the article at the end to Tracking Dog titles and the savvy sniffers Prim, Breyer and Mick could not be deterred from the designated path on tracks aged over three hours with multiple articles nor tempted by diversionary cross-tracks to attain Tracking Dog Excellent titles. Congratulations all!
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October 2020 – Making a Splash
For the notable achievement of attaining multiple perfect 100/100 scores en route to CKC Water Dog Junior titles this month, the spotlight salutes Beck, Breyer, Fable and Mick, terrific swimmers and fetchers all.
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September 2020 – Excellent Excellence
Socks applied her hallmark application, style and classy manners to breeze to a Weimaraner Club of America Shooting Dog Excellent Rating, with thanks to guest handler Carmen Spencer, and the go-getter Ocean jumped, twisted and turned to multiple Excellent level AKC Agility titles in a sea of blue ribbons. Kudos to these fine working ladies!
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August 2020 – Pants on Fire
Various Traxters have really been lighting it up in field competition lately. The pupster Larkin notched both Open and Amateur Puppy points with all breed field trial stake wins. Loren hunted, honored, fetched and swam her way to a CKC Field Dog Excellent title with a top score of 95/100. Trace notched a CKC Field Dog title with a top score of 97/100 and Breyer completed a CKC Field Dog Junior title with a great run and her staunch and stylish birdwork to another perfect 100/100 score. In NAVHDA Natural Ability test competition Prize 1 awards were garnered by Kenni, with a maximum 112 score, and Addie with 110/112.
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July 2020 – Girl Power
This month we congratulate some very talented gals with notable recent achievements. Reign achieved her AKC Field Championship, and better yet she achieved this title entirely amateur owner trained and handled, with many all breed placements and wins along the way demonstrating throughout her hallmark athleticism, passion for birds, intelligent application and perfect manners. The upstart Addie earned her puppy points with an all breed Open Puppy stake win of the very first field trial stake she entered. Petra and CJ both enjoyed tremendous success during their own competitive field trial careers and now these retirees have both been accorded WCA Field Register of Merit designations for establishing themselves as being equally successful as producers of offspring with superior field ability.
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June 2020 – The Brotherhood
Tread and Dillon are brothers that have have done some big field trial winning lately. Tread won an all breed horseback Amateur Gun Dog stake for the final retrieving point that was needed to finish both his AKC Field and Amateur Field Championships. Meanwhile, Dillon was handled by pro trainer Diane Vater to a win of the NWA National Field Championship. Hip, hip hooray to both of these very talented fellas and all of the people that made their success possible.
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May 2020 – No Kidding
These teenyboppers have been busy getting ‘er done in all sorts of venues. both Tearin and Knox won AKC Derby field trial points in all breed competition, with thanks to pro trainer Terry Chandler for piloting Tearin around the course. Breyer notched a CKC Field Dog Junior test perfect score of 100/100 her first kick at the can. Ocean racked up numerous perfect scores in AKC Advanced and Excellent level Rally Obedience competition and blue ribbons in AKC Agility competition too and Gracie sallied around the show ring owner-handled to an AKC Grand Championship title.
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April 2020 – Showgirls
A bevy of beauties have looped around the AKC show ring to a lot of satin ribbons the the delight of fans and judges alike. Completing AKC Show Championships, owner-handled, are Breyer, Alley, Sterling and Dusty Rose with kudos to that over-achieving puppy Dusty Rose for earning both Championship and Grand Championship titles at just 9 months of age. Also, 10 month old Trouble had approximately, no trouble, in completing her Show Championship with thanks for handling assistance to Monique Mastrapasqua.
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March 2020 – Switching Gears
Extra credit goes out this month all of the Trax’ters that are actively competing in four or more competitive venues including such varied things as urban tracking, scent detection, tricks, lure coursing, barn hunt, agility, obedience, pointing and retrieving events, conformation showing and dock diving. These impressive gear-switchers are pictured doing one of their things: Audrey Rose in Lure Coursing, Taylor in Agility, Navi in Field Trialing, Ocean in Dock Diving, Brynn in Hunt Testing, Beck in Retrieving, Puck in Tracking, Ellie in Conformation Showing, Rizz in Agility, Brava in Obedience, Prim in Urban Tracking, Avy in Agility, Soba in Field Trialing and Mick in Rally Obedience.
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February 2020 – Get Hoppin’
Some Trax speedsters have been making waves in Agility competition. Tacoma zoomed to a Specialty Standard High in Trial, Taylor cruised to Masters level titles capped off with a High in Trial win at the Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty Agility Trial, Andy attained a MACH 4 title and was the High Scoring Weimaraner at the AKC Agility Invitational, the rocket man Connor has been on a winning streak to Masters level titles and, as a sire, Dixon gets some credit for his kid Jif making Weimaraner history by becoming the first Weimaraner to attain an Agility Grand Champion title. Congrats to this talented crew.
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January 2020 – Supernational
The 2019 Weimaraner Club of America National Field Trial is a wrap and the small but talented contingent of Trax’ters in attendance made their presence be felt by taking either winner or runner-up in all five stakes offered. Dillon had a big week by taking first place, owner-handled, in the National Amateur Field Championship, a win that also finished his AKC Amateur Field Championship, and he was runner up in the Open Championship handled by his pro trainer Diane Vater. As if that weren’t enough Dillon also amassed enough field trial points in 2019 to land at the top spot on the WCA All Age/Gun Dog year-end standings. The kiddo Violet was only entered in the Open Puppy but got right to making her mark in field trial world by winning that stake, also owner-handled. Congrats to Dillon and Violet and their human counterparts!
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December 2019 – Crackerjack Tracker
If you were lost, Rye is definitely the guy you would want to have looking for you. This super sniffer passed his Tracking Dog test as an 8 month old puppy, traversed fields and forests and ignored diversionary cross tracks to pass a 3+ hour old Tracking Dog Excellent test as a yearling and, at just 2 years old, made Weimaraner history by passing a 3+ hour old Variable Surface Track across playing fields, parking lots and all around buildings of a school campus to become the youngest Weimaraner Champion Tracker. Thanks to Kim Hahn for these photos of Rye in tracking action.
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November 2019 – Uppity Puppities
These puppy upstarts showed up, showed off and hit home runs for their amateur owner handlers. Ripp and Lola both hunted, pointed, swam and tracked their way to perfect scores of 112 in their North American Versatile Hunting Dog Natural Ability tests and the overachiever Lola also won the Open Puppy stake at her first field trial and Best of Breed at her first conformation show. Cassidy earned her field trial derby points with an all-breed Open Derby win at 16 months of age and some show points as icing on that cake and the 5 month old kiddo Alice scored big time with back to back AKC Best Baby Puppy in Show wins.
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October 2019 – She’s So Fine
These fine ladies have recently parlayed their good looks into championship titles. Tegan and Fable both completed CKC Show Championships, Fable with Sporting Group 2nd and 4th Placements and an AKC Junior Hunter title as icing on the cake. Mavis and Gracie both finished AKC Show Championships, Gracie with a spate of Best of Opposite major wins over Specials and Mavis with three 5 point major wins capped off by a Best of Breed win. Special thanks to Holly Mcknight for handling help with Mavis.…
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September 2019 – Oh My Goodness!
In the field department, Dillon employed speed, manners and style to win an all breed Amateur Gun Dog stake thereby completing his AKC Field Championship title handled by his boss Frank Sommer with thanks to professional handler Diane Vater for Dillon training assistance.
In the show department, Breyer earned her CKC Grand Championship title – amateur-owner handled – at the earliest possible age of exactly 12 months. Along the way she won Best Puppy in Sporting Group a whopping 11 times, Best Puppy in Show twice and also won and placed in the adult Sporting Group.
Showing balance in both field and show departments Grand Champion Brava completed both Senior Hunter and Master Hunter titles with good deportment along with winning and placing in all breed and WCA regional field trial stakes.
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August 2019 – Show and Field
One of the main aims of the Trax breeding program is to produce dogs that compete successfully in both shows and field trials. Here are some of crew that have recently shown they can. 2 year old Socks is an AKC Show Champion and WCA Dual Futurity award dog and to those accolades she passed 4/4 runs en route to a Senior Hunter title and also won 2 and 3 point Gun Dog field trial stakes. Avy added to an all breed Open Puppy field trial stake win AKC show points and an all breed Amateur Walking Derby win. Cassidy notched show points and an all breed Open Puppy stake win. The kid Mavis placed in both the Western Show and Field Futurity events for a WCA Dual Futurity award.
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July 2019 – Perfection
This month we salute those achieving standards of perfection in competition. When the scores for ‘Desire to Hunt, Style of Running, Pace, Range, Pattern, Control, Pointing and Reaction to Shot’ were added up Mick had himself a perfect score of 100/100 on the way to a CKC Field Dog Junior title and also achieved a perfect score on the way to a CKC Rally Novice obedience title. Sailor attained a perfect score at the CKC Rally Advanced obedience level and 12 month old Ocean was also perfect scoring en route to an AKC Rally Novice title. Bailey earned an AKC Master Hunter title with snappy work and a perfect record of 6/6 consecutive passes. The sisters Avy and Sterling attained perfect scores of 112 in their NAVHDA Natural Ability tests – Sterling notably accomplishing this feat at just 7 months of age. Congratulations to all of these wonderful working dogs and their trainers!
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June 2019 – Triple Threat
In the obedience ring, Prim earned her CKC Utility Dog title with a High in Trial award for each of the three legs needed for that title and a top score of 198/200, and Brynn earned her CKC Companion Dog title – from the Novice A class – with a pair of snappy high scores of 197.5/200. In the show ring the kiddo Breyer finished her CKC Championship at 8 months of age with a pair of Best of Breed wins over Specials, 4 Best Puppy in Sporting Group wins and a Best Puppy in Show award to her credit. In AKC all-breed field trial competition, Dillon notched a 5 point major Open Gun Dog stake win, Tread won a 3 point major Grand Open Limited Gun Dog stake and Fiona, in her rookie broke stake debut no less, won a 3 point major Open Gun Dog stake. Much thanks to pro trainers Diane Vater and Todd Yamamoto for their help with Dillon and Fiona respectively and congratulations to the amateur owner handlers of the rest other of these exceedingly talented dogs.
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May 2019 – At Your Service
While many Trax dogs earn their keep as sport competitors, hunting dogs or companions, many other Trax puppies have been placed in homes to be trained to provide service and support to their owners or to their community in either Search and Rescue, Therapy or Service Work. In the SAR domain some Traxters work in tracking and searching for lost people and others in cadaver detection. In the Therapy and Service domains they serve in many specialties, including PTSD support, gluten detection, blood sugar detection and performing retrieving and other tasks for owners with spinal cord injuries or other physical disabilities. This month we salute all of the Trax puppies that go on to become everyday heroes.
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April 2019 – East, West, Best!
Several of the Trax crew turned in some great performances to score blue ribbons at Weimaraner Club of America Regional Classic field trials this month. Dillon won the Eastern Classic Open All Age stake and his brother Tread won the Western Amateur Gun Dog stake. Reign won the Western Open Gun Dog stake and in the juvenile stakes Luther came away with wins of the Western Field Futurity and Western Open Derby stakes and Cassidy won the Western Open Puppy stake. Special thanks to pro trainers Diane Vater and Todd Yamamoto for getting and keeping Dillon and Luther, respectively, on the right track and kudos to the teams of amateur trainers and handlers behind the success of the other winners!
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March 2019 – Puppy Power
This month the spotlight shines on some Trax puppies that have wasted no time making their mark in competition. At 10 months old Tearin’ tore it up to win an 18 dog AKC all breed Open Puppy field trial stake, at exactly 6 months of age Breyer entered her first CKC conformation show and came away with an owner handled Best of Opposite over Specials major win and also a Best Puppy in Sporting Group win. At 12 months old Soba won a blue ribbon in an 18 dog all breed Open Derby field trial stake and finished his AKC Show Championship two weeks later with back to back 5 point major wins. Congratulations and thanks to the many people who played a part in these super achievements.
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February 2019 – The Kids are Alright
Several good looking Traxters have cruised around the show ring to conformation titles lately. With a number of Best of Breed wins Pascal attained an AKC Grand Championship title while still a yearling with thanks to Robert Scott for show handling assistance. Ellie began her conformation competition career with a pair of Best Baby Puppy in show wins and 4 major wins later completed her AKC Show Championship with a Best of Opposite win from the classes at the Weimaraner Club of America Winter Specialty Show, owner handled to all of her wins. Hilda completed her AKC Show Championship with a 5 point major win with thanks to Gail Gegg and Holly Mcknight for handling help. Pippa, also owner-handled, completed an AKC Show Championship and meanwhile, back in Canada, Gordie strutted his stuff with a Best of Breed win to attain a CKC Show Championship with thanks to Norm Fargo for show handling help.
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January 2019 – Firepower
By winning all breed and national juvenile field trial stakes several of the Trax youngsters have declared themselves forces to be reckoned with. Luther and Tearin’ showed the necessary ambition and application to win blue ribbons in Puppy stakes and Fiona won 3 Derby level stakes, but it was Ivy that showed them all who is boss with 3 Derby stake wins capped off by a spectacular performance to win the WCA National Field Futurity. Better yet, showing how these ambitious kids will work for anyone, many of their blue ribbons, including the National Futurity win, happened with guest handlers at the helm.
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December 2018 – Excellent Trackers
Kudos go out this month to the super talented Trax trackers that have all accurately followed 3+ hour old tracks set over hill and dale, through ditches and forests, along the way indicating dropped articles and turning a blind eye to the diversionary fresher cross tracks set as a temptation across the correct path. Recently attaining AKC Tracking Dog Excellent titles are Rye and Reese and recently acquiring CKC Tracking Dog Excellent titles are Tegan and Gunther. Congratulations to all of these super duper tracking teams.
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November 2018 – Jumping for Joy
Hats are off this month to some of the Trax dogs that have soared to success in advanced level agility competition. Athletic lover boy Andy notched an AKC MACH 2 Agility Championship, the superstar Connor surfed his way to an AKC Masters Jumpers Excellent title on a sea of blue ribbons, the speedster Tacoma tore up the courses for AKC Agility Excellent and Masters Excellent Jumpers titles, the lithe Taylor raced her way to AKC Agility Excellent and Agility Excellent Jumpers titles and in Canada Nikitta is sprinting her way through Advanced and Masters level titles. Congratulations to these tremendous athletes and their human pilots.
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October 2018 – North Stars
The crew have really been strutting their stuff in Canadian rings and fields lately. Afield, Navi completed her Field Dog Excellent title with a pair of simply killer scores – 97/100 and 98/100. In the obedience ring Brynn earned her Rally Novice title with High in Trial scores for all three legs. In the show ring Vega completed her Championship title owner-handled to Best of Breed wins from the classes along with Sporting Group placements, Reese handily passed her Tracking Dog Excellent title and the little kid Spiffy won Best Baby Puppy in Show the very first time she set foot in the show ring, also owner-handled. Congrats to all these amazing Canuck teams!
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September 2018 – Double Take
The ambitious and lovely Socks and Ivy have both earned Dual Futurity Awards from the Weimaraner Club of America in recognition of their placement in both Show and Field Futurity events. Ivy placed 2nd in the Western Field Futurity and 3rd in the National Show Futurity class and Socks placed 3rd in the Western Futurity and 2nd in both National and Central Show Futurity classes. Special thanks to Holly McKnight for handling Socks in both field and show events and sincere congratulations to everyone involved in the development and success of these dandy looking and working gals.
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August 2018 – Best of Breed
Parlaying their good looks into Best of Breed wins to finish AKC show Championships lately are Brava, who completed the requirements for an AKC Grand Championship with a Best of Breed major point win as well as Prim and Pascal who earned their AKC Championship with Best of Breed wins over Specials from the classes to their credit. Thanks to Robert Scott and Jayme Nelson for show ring handling help along the way. Brava and Prim are notable for both also having AKC juvenile and broke field trial stakes wins to their credit.
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July 2018 – Class Acts
Making her mark in field competition lately, CJ put on a real show at the Weimaraner Club of America Eastern Classic Regional Field trial with a sweep of all three senior stakes handled by professional trainer Mike Mullineaux in the Open stakes. At the same trial CJ’s daughter Vor came away with a win in the Open Derby stake. Meanwhile, at the National Weimaraner Association National Field Trial, Jade was owner-handled to a win of the National Open Derby stake. A very hearty congrats goes out to these outstanding field trial dogs and their support teams.
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June 2018 – New Dual Champion
One of the main aims of the Trax breeding program is to produce Dual Champions and Betty is the latest Trax gal to have completed the requirements for both American Kennel Club show and field championships with a 4 point all-breed Open Gun Dog stake win that completed her Field Championship and added a Dual Champion title to her already long list of accomplishments and thanks go out to the many folks who played a part in Betty’s success.
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May 2018 – We are the Champions
Congratulations go out to two dandy Trax field trial specialists that completed American Kennel Club field championships lately. Feist is known for extreme ambition, heart and athleticism afield and she got the job done with Regional, National and all-breed major wins to her credit. Thanks to the village that helped along the way with special thanks to professional handler Terry Chandler for training and handling Feist to several of her wins. Petra is known for intelligence of application, desire and simply attacking any field trial course she is turned loose upon. Already a CKC and AKC Field Champion with National, Regional and all breed wins to her credit she was handled to her Amateur Field Trial Championship points and title by Shirley Nilsson, Sarah Jones and her main squeeze Paul James.
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April 2018 – City Sniffers
This pair of city sniffers accurately and successfully remained hot on the trail thru parks and parking lots to earn their CKC Tracking Dog Urban titles. Congratulations to Prim and Betty on their sniffing success!
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March 2018 – Best of the Best
When it comes to field trial accolades Annie has pretty much done it all including earning an American Kennel Club National Field Championship, National Amateur Field Championship, Grand Field Championship and NWA 2x National Field Championship. However, when the dust settled at the end of the 2017 field trial competition year and all of the results were tabulated, Annie placed yet another feather in her cap by rising to the prestigious #1 spot Weimaraner Club of America All Age/Gun Dog standings. Many thanks to everyone involved in her banner year, with a particular nod to those who scouted Annie and professional trainer Diane Vater.
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February 2018 – All in the Family
Petra is a proud mama these days as her pups Driver and Fiona both came home from the Weimaraner Club of America Western Classic with blue ribbons in their paws. Driver won the Open Derby stake with a fine race and steady birdwork. Laying down a stellar performance to garner the Open Puppy stake win was the young upstart Fiona.
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January 2018 – Winter Wonders
A small contingent of the crew made the journey to the Weimaraner Club of America National Field Trial and associated Winter Specialty Conformation show. While various of the crew plied their training and talent into placements in most of the stakes offered it was our energetic, ambitious youngster Miss Kitty who gathered herself up a blue ribbon in the National Field Futurity stake. Thanks to professional field trainers Diane Vater and Mike Mullineaux for their assistance with Miss Kitty’s development and congratulations to Mike for handling Miss Kitty to this prestigious win. Meanwhile, at the specialty show the handsome lad Puck was busy collecting himself a huge ribbon for taking Winners Dog – a win that also finished his AKC Show Championship. Many thanks to Lucretia Coonrad and Holly McKnight for presentation of Puck in the show ring.
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December 2017 – Beauties with Bird Sense
These three beauties have recently attained AKC Championships. While Bailey typically uses her good structure to run like a deer and collect ribbons in field trials she temporarily slowed down long enough to complete an AKC conformation Championship. Navi has two 5 point AKC show major wins to her credit and she looks like a million bucks on point too which didn’t hurt her one bit in pursuit of her AKC Field Championship, a title she earned with a pair of major wins in WCA Western Classic Field Trial stakes. Tilde is no stranger to blue ribbons in field trials but lately she spent some time looping around the AKC show ring where she easily attained her conformation Championship title including a major Best of Breed win from the classes. Big shout out to professional show handlers Michelle Smith Wolcott and Jayme Eslick for handling Tilde in the show ring.
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November 2017 – New Dual Champion
Here at Trax Weimaraners the very best news possible is to be able to announce a brand newly minted AKC Dual Champion and this month we are doing just that. Applying her native groundspeed, drive and natural ability in the field Alli earned her juvenile field trial points undefeated and finished her Field Championship with many impressive wins. Applying her confident attitude and tremendous reach and drive Alli finished her Show Championship with 4 major wins. Alli was handled to all of her field wins and most of her show wins by Shirley Nilsson. Thanks go out to Tim and Angela Schilleriff for assistance with Alli’s field training and thanks for assistance with show handling to Wendy Anderson and Terry Meek. A Dual Championship is a major undertaking and a heartfelt thank you also goes out to the many, many other folks that played a part in Alli’s wonderful achievement.
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October 2017 – Young and Restless
October’s spotlight shines brightly on the new crop of Trax youngsters whose field trial careers have been kickstarted with wins in juvenile field trial stakes this trial season. Congratulations to the owners, handlers, trainers and breeders of these fine kiddos: Colt for earning Open Puppy and Amateur Walking Puppy points at his very first field trial, Tread and Reign both with a pair of Open Derby wins, Driver with wins in Open Puppy, Open Derby and Amateur Walking Derby stakes, Jett on an Open Puppy stake win, and Fable and Ms. Kitty with an Open Derby stake win each. Wishing them all continued success in their field trial careers.
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September 2017 – Well Qualified
September’s spotlight shines on three stylish ladies that notched qualifying scores the requisite number of times to achieve advanced level AKC Hunt Test titles over the summer. From left to right, Trace employed her usual high style and incredible bird sense in attaining a Senior Hunter title, Maren showed heart and willingness despite some very challenging situations to earn her Senior Hunter title and Prim pretty much did a picture perfect performance every time out to sashay to a Master Hunter title.
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August 2017 – Show Biz
All of these fine specimens have recently parlayed their looks into AKC Show Championships. Receiving the nod from the show judges were: Claire, June, Marcy, Beck, Sonic and Alli. Thanks go out to professional handlers Tiffany and Shea Skinner and Rowan Baggenstos for handling Marcy and June and Nancy Lane and Kevin Chestnut for handling Sonic, all of these other good lookers were handled to their wins by their breeders or owners.
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July 2017 – New Dual Champion
Bright spotlight shines on Reese this month who used her usual wheels, high style on point and good manners on birds to win another AKC Open Gun Dog stake, in the process completing the requirements for her Field and also Dual Championship titles. Reese was amateur-owner trained and handled to all of her wins with many thanks to everyone that played a part in Reese’s super accomplishment.
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June 2017 – Hip, Hop and Fly
Andy is in the Trax airborne division and a very hearty congratulations goes out to him for the pretty terrific accomplishment of earning his AKC Masters Agility Championship title this month, piloted around the courses as always by his partner Rose Brown. Here is a link to video of Andy in agility action. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=AEmOQ8VIC2g
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May 2017 – Track Stars
Congratulations are in order to some superior sniffing sleuths and their handlers. Brynn cruised accurately through hay fields and forest to a CKC Tracking Dog Excellent title, Gunther hit the streets to earn his AKC Tracking Dog Urban title and Betty forded creeks and cliffs to stay on the right trail through rugged rangeland for an AKC Tracking Dog Excellent title. Nice work all!
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April 2017 – Beautiful Baby
4 month old Ellie had a very impressive show debut. Owner-handled her first time in the ring this lovely puppy went home with the Best Baby Puppy in Show award, a feat she repeated a couple of weeks later at her second show outing. Wowza, talk about getting off to a great start.
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March 2017 – Banner Year
The results are in and the driven, athletic and talented CJ had a banner year in 2016 AKC Field Trial competition to again make it to the #1 spot in the Weimaraner Club of America All Age/Gun Dog standings. Hearty congratulations to owners, breeders and pro trainer Mike Mullineaux on this tremendous achievement as well as to CJ’s frequent guest handlers and scouts Rodney Moon, Lance Fargo and Wayne Cowles.
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February 2017 – Desert Dogs
This month the spotlight shines on two rookies and a veteran that got ‘er done this month at the WCA Western Classic Regional field trial in the Mojave desert. The young pupstart Emma combined ambition and application to win the Open Puppy stake. Next Radar, though still in the puppy age division, won the Open Derby stake. Lastly Annie wins so frequently it almost isn’t news anymore but nevertheless we are super proud of her win in the Open Gun Dog stake. Annie and Emma were handled to their wins by pro trainer Diane Vater and Radar was handled by pro trainer Terry Chandler. Congratulations to everyone involved in the breeding, development, training, scouting and handling of these fine dogs.
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January 2017 – Sire Contributions
This month we salute the many highly accomplished dogs bred by other kennels that have a Trax sire. Recent highlights in the sire department: Field Champion Rossi is the sire of the WCA National Derby stake winner Aris, pictured below. Aris warmed up for his big Derby win with a win in the Western Open Puppy regional stake. Aris was bred by the Silvershot kennel and was handled to these wins by pro trainer Diane Vater. Multi-titled Show Champion Dixon is the sire of the multi-titled Agility Champion and budding agility superstar Jif. Jif was bred by the PM kennel and is trained and handled in all events by her main squeeze Lori Barbee. Kudos to the accomplished get of these and all the other Trax sires!
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December 2016 – Track and Field
This month the spotlight shines on accomplishments of the Trax crew in tracking and field trial competition. CJ became the first Weimaraner to earn the AKC Grand Amateur Field Champion title, on the track 8 month old Taylor passed her AKC Tracking Dog test, Alli passed her CKC Tracking Dog test and Gunther passed both CKC and AKC Tracking Dog tests and Radar won his field trial puppy points in style with a blue ribbon in an AKC all breed Open Puppy stake. A hearty congratulations to all these track and field stars!
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November 2016 – Big MAC
Members of the Trax crew scored wins in three of the five stakes offered at the Mid-America Classic regional field trial this month. Seasoned star performer Annie set the tone with a win in the Grand Limited Open All Age stake. The young upstart Dillon warmed up for his MAC Open Derby stake win with an all breed Open Puppy stake the week before and his talented littermate Miss Kitty was awarded the blue ribbon in the MAC Open Puppy stake. All three were handled to their wins by professional field trainer Diane Vater.
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October 2016 – Runs in the Family
Our star CJ applied her usual class and style to make history by winning the inaugural running of the National Weimaraner Association National Amateur Field Championship. As CJ’s owners could not attend many thanks to Lance Fargo for handling CJ to this prestigious win. Proving the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, CJ’s precocious kid Miss Kitty earned her Derby points while still just a puppy, handled by professional trainer Diane Vater.
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September 2016 – Smarty Pants
These three enterprising and obedient gals heeled, jumped, fetched and stayed for qualifying legs towards their CKC Companion Dog Excellent titles with all-breed High in Trial awards. Betty, completed her CDX title with a HIT and top score of 195, Uma qualified at the Open level with a HIT and score of 196 and Prim earned her CDX title with back to back HIT awards and a top score of 197.5. Congrats to these clever gals and their trainers on a job well done!
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August 2016 – Passing Fancy
Some of the Trax crew show up at hunt tests from time to time and most recently passing with fancy style and scores are Bowie who completed his Master Hunter title, the youngsters Mira, Ava, Blitz and Jackson titling in the Junior Hunter division and Prim who made very short work of her Senior Hunter title. Cheers to these crew members and their trainers for looking good while doing good!
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July 2016 – Showing Up
Successfully strutting their stuff in show rings to earn conformation Championships lately are the newly minted CKC show Champions Brynn, Trace and Jackson. Finishing an AKC show Championship in style with 4 and 5 point specialty show major wins is Carmen – impressively this gal is also the current WCA National Open Derby winner. Congrats to these good lookers.
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June 2016 – Major Accomplishments
A number of the Trax crew notched major wins in AKC events this past month including Carmen with a 5 point Specialty Show win going Best of Opposite over Specials, Calvin with a 3 point and Betty a 4 point major Amateur Gun Dog stake win, Reese with a 3 point major Open Gun Dog stake win and CJ with a 3 point major Amateur Limited Gun Dog stake win. Congrats to all involved in these ‘major’ accomplishments.
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May 2016 – Excellence in Versatility
The Trax crew have recently been busy and successful in every type of competition – the very handsome Cooper completed his CKC conformation Grand Championship, Andy earned a Masters level AKC agility title, Chili won a CKC all breed Obedience High in Trial, Feist won a 5 point major CKC Open Shooting Dog stake and Puck passed his AKC Tracking Dog test. Congratulations on such a variety of terrific work.
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April 2016 – Eastern Stars
Only three Trax dogs competed at the WCA Eastern Classic regional field trial but each of these heavy hitters turned in a stellar performance to come away with a stake win to their credit. CJ won the Amateur Gun Dog stake and that win also finished her Amateur Field Championship title, Frances combined an ambitious run with staunch birdwork to win the Open Puppy stake, and Tilde simply tore the course up for a win in the Open Derby stake. Congratulations to these fine dogs, and to their breeders, owners, trainers and scouts too!
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March 2016 – A League of Her Own
History was made this month when Annie became the first Weimaraner ever to earn an AKC Grand Field Championship title. Annie finished the requirements for that title in fine style too by going runner up out of a field of 77 competitors of all pointing breeds in the AKC National Gun Dog Championship held at the venerable Ames plantation in Tennessee. Annie’s placement there also marks the best performance by a Weimaraner ever at that event. Annie is no stranger to championships, she has also previously twice won the National Weimaraner Association National Championship and has also won both Weimaraner Club of America National and Amateur National Championships. Annie is trained and handled in Open events by trainer Diane Vater and in Amateur events by one of her owners, Frank Sommer. Congratulations to everyone on Team Annie!
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February 2016 – Best Western
A contingent attended the WCA Western Classic Field Trial, mostly running in the Gun Dog stakes. The team showed great depth by sweeping the Amateur Gun Dog stake placements and taking 3 of the 4 Open Gun Dog placements including wins in both stakes. Winning performances were clocked by Feist who won the 23 dog Open Gun Dog stake with great application and great style on multiple finds and Annie who won the 17 dog Amateur Gun Dog stake to complete her Amateur Field Championship. Thanks a million to everyone involved in their success.
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January 2016 – Snuffleupaguses
Weimaraners love tracking and the Trax crew no exception. Earning new AKC Tracking Dog titles recently are, from left to right, Trace, Brynn and Reese. Congrats to these three gals that are all business on the snuffle and made short work of their tests drawing compliments from judges and spectators alike.
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December 2015 – National Champions
A record number of the crew attending the WCA National Field Trial this year plied talent and training along with a pinch of luck into wins in 3 of the 5 stakes offered. Annie warmed up by winning the Open All Age stake at the Mid America Regional Field trial and put on a really terrific show in the National Championship stake to add a National Field Champion title to her name. Annie was handled by Diane Vater. Taking home blue in the inaugural running of the Open Puppy stake was Puck, with a stellar run and staunch, stylish birdwork. Puck’s journey to this win was remarkable as he hitched a ride to the NFT with folks he barely knew and then was handled, without benefit of any training sessions, by a gal he had only met once before. Talk about natural ability shining through. Winning the trophy in the Open Derby stake was Carmen, who impressed the judges with a mature, independent, consistent and intelligent run along with several finds handled with her usual staunchness and style. Carmen was handled by Diane Vater. Congratulations to these fine dogs and all of the peeps that helped to get them to the top of the podium.
November 2015 – New Kids on the Block
A new crop of Trax kids have made their mark with all-breed Puppy or Derby field trial stake wins. From left to right: Tilde is this month’s superstar; while still a puppy she applied her wide range and strong inclination to point into wins in the first Open and Amateur Derby stakes she entered, both in NJ, and also won the Open Derby at the WCA Mid America Regional Classic field trial in MI, later collecting Open and Amateur Puppy stake wins in DE. Beck won an Open Derby stake in WA with a wide, mature run and impressively striking point on a limb find and holding for well over 5 minutes until his handler arrived on the scene. Winning Open Derby stakes while still puppy aged were both Citori in AZ and Mira in OR. Though at 7 months old both the youngest dog and only Weimaraner in the stake Kenny’s range and groundspeed prevailed for a win in an 11 dog Open Puppy stake in WA.
October 2015 – Great Listeners
Listen up. And so they did. Lyza won a pair of CKC Obedience competition High in Trials from the Utility B class with a top score of 197.5. Chili won a pair of CKC High in Trials from the Open level. Bowie earned an AKC Companion Dog Excellent title with a top score of 197. Prim really showed off by finishing her CKC Companion Dog title with a top score of 197.5 then won back to back CKC High in Trials before heading south to earn her first AKC CD leg with a score of 197 and yet another High in Trial. Even better the next day Prim switched venues and handlers to run in her first broke field trial stake and won that too. Congratulations to all these great listeners and their terrific trainers too.
September 2015 – Spectacular Bid
Impressive. Outstanding. Athletic. Adorable. Amazing. That’s our Bailey in a nutshell. Bailey simply blazed through her juvenile field trial career, undefeated in AKC Amateur and Open Puppy and Derby stakes including winning both Open Puppy and Open Derby stakes at her very first competition at 9 months old. Crossing into Canada she won Puppy and Derby points in consecutive trials. All of her wins have been in all-breed and Regional competition, often in huge and very competitive stakes. Bailey has won on grasslands, desert, prairie and farmland courses, handled by three different handlers in 5 different states/provinces, and I believe, ‘you ain’t seen nothing yet’ from this young superstar.
August 2015 – Well Balanced
This month the spotlight shines brightly on Petra who used her fleet feet and hallmark intelligent and ambitious application to her work to complete her AKC Field Championship with a 4 point major all-breed Open Gun Dog win in WA state, becoming well balanced and making history in the process by being the first Weimaraner ever to hold both Canadian and American Field Championships. Along the way Petra had a lot of help and a heartfelt thank you goes out to those trainers, scouts and handlers who all had an important role to play in this terrific achievement.
July 2015 – Madly Off in All Directions
A host of Traxters were styling in show rings all over the place. Shiraz finished his CKC Show Championship in Manitoba. Big winner Rizz finished her AKC Show Championship with one 4 point and two 5 point majors in Idaho and also her CKC Grand Championship and Companion Dog obedience titles in BC, Dixon finished his AKC Show Championship in Washington state, Sloane earned her AKC Show Championship in New Mexico, and Syver completed his CKC Show Championship in Manitoba. Hats off to these good lookers who were all owner handled to their new titles.
June 2015- Performance Plus
The Spotlight is shining on some star performance Trax dogs this month. Holly leaped and twisted her way to a Canadian Agility Championship, Chili heeled and fetched to a CKC Obedience Trial Championship and Lyza snuffled her way along an extremely challenging test course to a CKC Tracking Dog Excellent tittle. But this month it was Betty who outshone them all by first speedily and accurately passing her CKC Tracking Dog Excellent test, then hunting and pointing her way to a CKC Field Dog Excellent title and then earning the 6 legs required for an AKC Master Hunter title in rapid succession over just three test weekends showing great versatility too as each test weekend ran on different grounds and on a different species of bird: first bobwhite quail, next pheasant and lastly chukar partridge. Congratulations to these Trax performance event superstars and the talented and dedicated trainers that got them there.
May 2015 – Classic Style
A number of Trax dogs turned in stellar performances and came away with trophies and blue ribbons at the Weimaraner Club of America Regional Classic Field Trials. At the Western Classic Navi won 3 point majors in both the Western Classic Amateur Gun Dog and Open Walking Gun Dog stakes, Brynn won the Open Walking Derby stake, Bailey won the Amateur Walking Derby stake and at the Eastern Classic CJ won the Open Gun Dog stake. Congratulations to these terrific dogs and their owners, trainers, handlers and scouts as well as to the many other Trax dogs that won placements.
April 2015 – Public Servants
This month the spotlight shines brightly on the many Trax dogs that serve their community in the realms of therapy dog work, personal service dogs for the disabled, and search, rescue and recovery dogs. A few are pictured above including Vida, who recently was certified by her local police jurasdiction as a wilderness search dog, Stuka, who is a certified search and rescue trailing specialist and Yetta who is a certified Therapy Dog. Kudos to these all of the wonderful Trax teams that devote their time, energy and expertise in pubic service.
March 2015 – Hey, Good Lookin’
Brava, Reese and Trace all finished AKC Show Championships in the past month and, impressively, all of these gals also are AKC field trial stake winners; Navi and Cooper recently finished CKC Show Championships, Navi is also a field trial stake winner and Cooper competes in NAVHDA and scored a Prize 1 on the Natural Ability test.
February 2015 – Whiz Kids
Beck went to two consecutive weekends of CKC conformation shows at 7 months of age and slam bam thank you ma’am had a Chamionship title in front of his name, this nice working fella also earned his CKC Tracking Dog title while still a puppy. Bailey went to her first field trial at 9 months of age and boom won her juvenile points with back to back wins in a 12 dog all breed Open Puppy stake and a 16 dog Open Derby stake, handled by Diane Vater. This doll has simply oodles of talent afield.
January 2015 – Win, Place, and Show
Only 3 Trax owned/bred dogs attended the WCA National Field Trial this year but this small crew made the most of it by placing either first, second or third in every event they entered. Annie was the star of the team with a win in the National Amateur Field Championship. Sam placed 2nd in the National Field Futurity and 3rd in the National Open Derby stake with those placements sending him to the #1 spot on the WCA Continuous Top Ten Derby list. CJ was Runner Up in the National Championship and placed 3rd in the Amateur Championship with those placements putting her at the prestigious #1 spot on the 2014 WCA Top Ten All Age/Gun Dog list. Thanks to the owners, trainers, scouts and breeders of this talented trio!
December 2014 – See CJ Run
The sport of field trialing was pretty much tailor made for CJ and her field career has been a steady stream of success from the start. CJ earned her AKC Field Championship title with an Open Gun Dog major win and shortly thereafter set herself apart from her peers in winning a 27 dog all breed Open Gun Dog stake. Congrats to this class bird dog and the peeps who got her where she is!
November 2014 – Dynamic Duos
The handsome dude Sako earned his CKC Grand Championship title but what makes this title extra special is that he was handled, as usual, by his 7 year old person Brooklyn. 18 month old Prim finished her CKC show Championship with a Sporting Group 2 placement, owner-handled by her boss Carrie but what makes this title extra special is that, later the same day, Prim completed her Rally Novice obedience title with a High in Rally Trial award. Kudos to these dynamic duos!
October 2014 – Gunsmokin’
Mr. October is Rossi who hit a field trial home run by earning the points required for his AKC Field Championship with a 5 point major all breed Gun Dog stake win at just 2 1/2 years of age. Along the way Rossi had many other impressive all breed wins. Rossi’s amazing achievement was a classic team effort, the culmination of a nice breeding, thorough juvenile development, excellent formal training and very capable handling and scouting. Thanks a million and hats off to everyone involved!
September 2014 – History in the Making
Petra ran right off the hunt field and into the record books by completing the requirements for her Canadian Kennel Club Field Trial Championship thereby becoming the first Weimaraner in recent history to do so. Petra’s winning run on the prairies of Alberta was dramatic – on one bird find she struck point way out on a limb and then a hawk was seen circling and when the handler, judge and gallery finally arrived the hawk lifted off the chukar it had flushed and killed right in front of Petra who remained staunchly on point! Petra applies herself to field competition with tremendous range, groundspeed, intelligence style, and desire. Click on this link to footage taken of her during actual field trial competition. http://youtu.be/yNd-HGNWDeo A sincere nod of appreciation and hearty congratulations goes out to all the members of Trax team Canada involved in this terrific accomplishment!
August 2014 – Shooting Dog Excellents
Dixon and Betty both passed their Weimaraner Club of America Shooting Dog Excellent test on …