Trax In the Spotlight
2021-2022
~ 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.
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.
Sterling Master Agility Championship
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ July 2022 ~
North Stars
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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ February 2022 ~
Performance Trifecta
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.
~ January 2022 ~
Fine Form
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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
