Trax in the Spotlight.
~ February 2025 ~
Sweet Success
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 Lori Barbee. The teenager Tecate really earned her field trial stripes with a very ambitious ground race and classy broke birdwork to win the WCA National Field Futurity, with many thanks to Stacie Roberts for prepping and guest handling her at that event. Kudos to everyone on team Sterling and team Tecate for showing once again it’s not just what you do, but how you do it, that really counts.
~ 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 Lori Barbee. The teenager Tecate really earned her field trial stripes with a very ambitious ground race and classy broke birdwork to win the WCA National Field Futurity, with many thanks to Stacie Roberts for prepping and guest handling her at that event. Kudos to everyone on team Sterling and team Tecate for showing once again it’s not just what you do, but how you do it, that really counts.
~ 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 to back all breed Puppy Field trial stake wins, Tess put the hammer down afield to win a pair of all breed Derby stakes as well as her first broke points/retrieving credits and looped around the show ring for conformation points including a 5 point Specialty show major win, Bonnie, just 2 years old, earned a Master Hunter title and also a Tracking Dog title and the little’un Filly, in her rookie field trial debut, demonstrated range, groundspeed, independence and maturity of application to score her puppy points in an all breed Open Puppy stake.
~ November 2024 ~
Surf’s Up
Sterling sizzled to a Westminster Masters Agility 24″ division win. 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. Tecate put on a real show to win back to back all breed Open Derby and Amateur Walking Derby field trial stakes.
~ 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 passed the Shooting Dog Excellent test, Bonnie won an AKC Open Gun Dog stake and Rubi earned her CKC Field Dog test title with an impressive top score of 96/100.
~ September 2024 ~
Cutie Pies
& Handsome Guys
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 to back all breed Puppy Field trial stake wins, Tess put the hammer down afield to win a pair of all breed Derby stakes as well as her first broke points/retrieving credits and looped around the show ring for conformation points including a 5 point Specialty show major win, Bonnie, just 2 years old, earned a Master Hunter title and also a Tracking Dog title and the little’un Filly, in her rookie field trial debut, demonstrated range, groundspeed, independence and maturity of application to score her puppy points in an all breed Open Puppy stake.
~ 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 attaining maximum 112 scores were Tecate, Tess and, at the tender age of 7 months, Georgia.
~ 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 list the title of CKC Dual Champion. Big congratulations to everyone on team Avy and Kenni!
~ 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 Dog Excellent title with a number of High in Trial and High Combined awards and Kenni completed an AKC Companion Dog Excellent title with a score of 198 and an all breed High in Trial award. Showing great versatility the youngster Bonnie was decorated the WCA 2024 Most Versatile Weimaraner (Junior) by qualifying in Shooting and Retrieving Ratings and Rally and Obedience and taking Reserve Winners Bitch at the National show. In Hunt Tests Briar earned a Master Hunter pass with a full slate of perfect 10 scores and her daughter Katie did the same at the Junior Hunter level and Ellie and Pink both earned Senior Hunter titles. In Agility competition Ocean earned herself MACH number 5.
~ 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 in Obedience spot, the very athletic and speedy Tacoma attained the top Weimaraner spot in the Bad Dog Agility Power Score 24″ year end rankings with a blistering 6.01 JWW average yards per second, Ivy ranged and pointed her way to the CKC All Breed #1 spot for Amateur field trial stakes, and Spiffy listened up her way to the CKC #1 Weimaraner in Rally Obedience spot, congratulations all!
~ 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 Field Futurity stake, Soda won the Open Derby stake and Kenni won the Amateur Gun Dog stake. At the WCA Eastern Regional Classic field trial Valkyrie won the Open Puppy stake. Both Rush and Mercer motored their way to AKC Senior Hunter titles. Not ones to rest on their laurels, Tess, Soda and Kenni continued their field winning streak in Canada where Kenni put on high class performances to win a pair of all breed CKC Open Shooting Dog stakes, Soda won an all breed Open Derby stake and Tess smoked to wins of two all breed CKC Open Puppy stakes and an Open Derby stakes, in the process earning her entire juvenile point allotment undefeated.
~ 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.
~ February 2024 ~
Sport 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 for accurately nosing his way to a Tracking Dog Excellent title, and lastly a couple of youngsters really made their mark afield – the yearling Bonnie for a Shooting Dog Excellent rating and the kiddo Emz who literally aced a Junior Hunter test with a perfect 40/40 score!
~ 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 later. Nailing it for the blue ribbon in a large all breed Open Derby stake was Raffi. Congratulations to everyone involved in the development of these contenders with with special thanks to Amelia Wright for guest handling Vaughn.
~ 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 Agility Champion title she had earned previously. Hearty congratulations to all of these fine dogs and the handlers who got them there!
~ 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 in CKC Field Dog Junior competition, Franka, Wesson, and Auggie notched monster scores of 96/100, 99/100 and 100/100 respectively. Congrats to all of these wing nuts!
~ 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 a CKC Show Championship, Katy an AKC Show Championship and the very keen-nosed Dezzi passed a very difficult CKC Tracking Dog Excellent test.
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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: 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.
Esme’s No.1 Rally Performance
~ 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.
~ 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.
Sterling Master Agility Championship
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.
~ 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.
