Trax In the Spotlight
2016-2020
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~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.
~ April 2020 ~
Show Girls
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.
~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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ September 2019 ~
Oh My Goodness!
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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ December 2018 ~
Excellent Trackers
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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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..
~ July 2017 ~
New Dual Champion
A 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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..
~ 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
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ September 2016 ~
Smarty Pants
OThese 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!
~ 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!
~ 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…
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ 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!
~ 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!
~ 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.
~ 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.
