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April 2025 – Westcoasters
Coasting to wins at the Western Classic Field Trial and its associated all breed trial were the kiddo Piper won the Western Field Futurity an all breed Amateur Walking Derby stake and an Amateur Walking Puppy stake, her sister Georgia won the Western Open Puppy stake, the yearling Ronon who won the Western Open Derby…
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March 2025 – Tip Top
The 2024 year end standings for Weimaraners in competition are in and here are the Trax’ters who made it to the top. For Canadian Kennel Club events it was Esme #1 in Rally Obedience, Kenni #1 in Obedience, Mike #1 in Agility and Dietrich #1 in Owner Handled Conformation. For American Kennel Club events it…
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February 2025 – Sweet Success
Sterling sizzled to a Westminster Masters Agility 24″ division win and a MACH5 title. Mike listened up for his first CKC Obedience High in Trial award, the uber handsome Dex finished his AKC show championship with a 5 point major win at a specialty show. Ocean heeled and fetched her way to a pair of…
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January 2025 – National Affairs
Two high drive and extremely talented and very well trained go-getters hit the national stage and put on quite a show in their respective fields.. Leading the charge, Sterling nailed one blisteringly fast and squeaky clean run after another to win her height division of the AKC National Agility Invitational tournament handled by her boss…
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December 2024 – Peak Performance
Leading the charge Kenni notched multiple AKC and CKC all breed Obedience High in Trial awards and an AKC Utility Dog title and then switched gears to win an all breed Amateur Gun Dog stake with an extremely wide ranging race and high class birdwork, the rookie Georgia alternated accruing conformation show points with back…
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November 2024 – Surf’s Up!
Attaining either an Agility Grand Championship or Obedience Trial Championship is a rare and difficult feat, but our star Ocean accomplished them both in the same month, becoming the first Weimaraner ever to do so. In a tsunami of peak performance she also earned MACH6 and UDX2 titles. Ocean added these performance Championships to the…
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October 2024 – Field Trippin’
On successful field trips lately Raffi won an all breed AKC Open Gun Dog stake and also passed Shooting Dog Excellent and Retrieving Dog Ratings, Wyatt passed both Shooting Dog Excellent and Retrieving Dog Excellent Ratings tests, Mercer won an AKC Amateur Gun Dog stake and earned a NAVHDA Utility title as did Lola, Avy…
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September 2024 – Cutie Pies + Handsome Guys
Couple of Trax dudes have lapped the show ring to success of late, Dietrich to a CKC Grand Championship title and Miles to an AKC Show Championship. The ladeez have more than held their own at collecting show accolades. Attaining AKC Show Championships were Dolly, Angel and the pupster Phoenix and attaining CKC Show Championships…
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August 2024 – Leaps and Bounds
Sterling leaped her way to a Master Agility Championship 4 title and Tacoma to a Master Agility Championship 2 title. Bounding afield to great success in NAVHDA competition, Luke attained a Utility Test prize 1 maximum 204 score and, at the Natural Ability level, Prize 1’s were notched by Riggs with a 110 score and…
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July 2024 – Home Run Hitters
After impressive hunting application with four stylish and mannerly finds along the way the already very decorated Avy has added to her list of accomplishments with a new AKC National level title, that of National Walking Gun Dog Champion. Kenni also has many previous accolades and in completing her CKC Field Championship, added to that…
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June 2024 – Blue Ribbon Bonanza
At all breed field trials Ronon won both AKC Amateur Walking Puppy and Open Puppy stakes and Miles and Valkyrie notched Open Derby wins. In the show rings Emz, Dietrich, Storm and Rexx all completed AKC Conformation Championships, on track Luke earned a CKC Urban Tracking Dog title, in obedience Ocean earned the challenging Utility…
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May 2024 – Chart Toppers
The results from 2023 AKC and CKC competitions have all been tabulated and this month we celebrate the Trax-ters making it to the top. The versatile workaholic Ocean heeled, jumped and fetched her way to the AKC #1 Weimaraner in Obedience spot and Mick averaged a 197.5 score en route to the CKC #1 Weimaraner…
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April 2024 – Playing the Field
Lotta Traxters have been crushing it in the field of late. Leading the pack at the WCA Western Regional Classic field trial Radar won the Open All Age stake, a win that completed the requirements for his Field Champion title. At the same event Tess put on quite a show in a win of the…
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March 2024 – National Agility Champion
At the AKC National Agility Trial the very speedy Sterling notched one super fast and clean run after another en route to a win of the 24” height division to become a National Agility Champion handled as usual by her teammate Lori. …
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February 2024 – Sports Stars
Showing high talent no matter what the dog sport recently were: the yearling Tater, who notched a Show Championship with a slew of major wins, Sterling for zipping to a Mach 3 Agility Championship, Kenni who completed the Companion Dog obedience title with an all breed High in Trial award and monster 199/200 score, Rush…
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January 2024 – Nailed It!
Nailing it at the Weimaraner Club of America National Field Trial were, Esme whose application, style and manners netted her a National Amateur Championship win and Vaughn, who crushed it to win National Field Futurity stake, following that win up with a 4 point major all breed Amateur Gun Dog stake win a few weeks…
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December 2023 – Showin’ Off
Katy and Storm looped successfully around the show ring recently to AKC Show Championship titles and showing off in the tracking field 7 month old Tess snuffled her way to a CKC Tracking Dog Excellent title. On the agility field Audrey Rose leapt bobbed and weaved to add a Preferred Agility Championship to the Masters…
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November 2023 – Wing Commanders
These keeners can’t hide their crazy for the birdies. Leading the charge Lola earned both Shooting Dog Excellent and Retrieving Dog Excellent ratings, Briar and Mercer notched Shooting Dog Excellent ratings, Bonnie won herself a pair of AKC all breed Open Derby stakes, Esme won a 4 point major CKC Open Shooting Dog stake and…
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October 2023 – Winning Ways
Congratulations are in order to Ivy, who left the competition in the rear view mirror en route to an AKC Field Championship title, to Kenni who knocked it out of the park with back to back CKC all breed Obedience High in Trial wins scoring 198 an 198.5 in the Open B class. Danny earned…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…