The Kentuckiana Pointing Breeds Association held a fun match on April 19 & 20 in order to gain AKC licensed status for Field Trials. From the looks of things, they had a great time!

Don Brown of the Cedar Grove Plantation in Virginia was kind enough to send along these pictures of a traditional Southern quail hunt with mule drawn wagons. This tradition dates back to the turn of the 20th century and is still alive today on plantations around the South.
He says, "We use vizslas to range out, find and point our coveys of quail and then send in Boykin Spaniels to do the flushing and retrieving."

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Jim from Seattle sent us a picture of his setter pup, Duke. Apparently this little guy found something far more interesting than the camera...

 

Mark from Colorado sent us pictures of his Gordon Setters, Kayleigh and Thor.
Thor placed in an Open Derby stake this past weekend. Congratulations!

 
Thor                                                                                 Kayleigh 

Biz in Boulder sent us this picture of her English Setter. She writes:
"Scout placed 3rd in a large Open Ltd Stake in CA two weeks ago."

Way to go, Scout!

No, it's not a new television network. It's the Weimaraner Club of Tennessee Valley , and we were fortunate enough to be their guests at their Spring Field Trial. What a great group of people! Friendly competition, inter-club cooperation, and a hard-working group of club members who put on a trial that ran like a well oiled machine, with plenty of great southern cooking thown in!

Back Row Left to Right:
Johnny Johnston Head Cheerleader and Dog Wagon Chief; Melanie Boer Bird Wrangler, Stall Cleaner, Co-Cook & Bottle Washer and Field Trial Chairman; Marcia Davison of DOGS Unlimited; Cindy Solis Photographer, Kitchen Crew, all around Fun Chick; Wanda Gunter Line Marshal, Whip Cracker, Fun Chick; Angela Still Photographer, Kitchen Crew, all around Fun Chick, Trey Johnston Dog Wagon Driver and All Around Good Guy

Front Row Left to Right:
Jim DeMarco Bird Planter & Judge; Bob Henderson: The Big Dog; "Bailey" General Food Cleanup

Here are some of the happy winners:

Amateur Walking Derby
Left to Right: Mike Cavender, Aileen Scharpf, Jacob Cavender, Wanda Gunter

Open Gun Dog:
Tim Smelcer, Nikolaus Scharpf, Dave Walker, Ben Coller

Open Limited Gun Dog
Left to Right: Tim Smelcer, Bob Erbe, Dave Walker (scout, Ben Coller standing), Mike Mullineaux

Open Derby
Left to Right: Dave Walker, Nikolaus Scharpf, Tim Smelcer, Kirsten Hochstein

 

Open Puppy
Liz Paxson, Bill Barber

Jeff, Matt and Gordon of Colorado at the Central New Mexico Brittany trail held January 26 & 27 2008.



John, the photographer, also had a placement with his Weim, but someone had to take the picture!

Christine from Colorado puts her Weim puppy to the test.




Looks like she's off to a good start!

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Joe from Colorado writes:

"Here is a picture of my two older children 12 and 11 and our 16 month GSP.  Yvroi Con Carne is a NAVHDA NA Prize III dog that we had tested this past summer and she was so impressive over wild birds this fall.  We had such a blast and the kids are hooked. 

"Colorado pheasant hunting is slowly coming back and this makes two years in a row the kids have been able to take a bird.  I enjoy working the dog and teaching the kids family values while outdoors.  We all love a good video game now and then but given a chance to go hunting, fishing or camping and the kids and our Yrovi are all up before me!"

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Pro Trainers Gordon & Shirley Hansen tuning up for the Weimaraner Club of America's National Field Championship & Field Futurity.

 

 

This great looking field-bred Irish Setter was sent to us by Georgia Brown. Bernie is owned by Georgia along with Sherry Ebert.

Pat in Pennsylvania sent us this picture of her Gordon Setter pups looking  just like the cover of a greeting card.

This is Gracie, and she belongs to Paul in Iowa

Here's our customer, Paul, with his good dog, Molly.

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The new 2008 Big Book will be on its way to your mailbox in mid-January. Click here if you don't receive one!

The 2008 UFTA Nationals will be held February 10th thru 16th at Doublehead Resort situated on 1100 acres along the banks of Wilson Lake in North Alabama.   This event is open to the public, so come out and watch the competition between some of the best bird dogs and handlers in the country, not to mention an exhibition by one of the world’s most renowned exhibition shooters, Tom Knapp.  For more information, contact Laylon Cox at 205-590-0273 or via e-mail at layloncox@bellsouth.net or Tracy Jackson at 800-685-9267 or via e-mail at tracy@doublehead.com.

Tentative Events Schedule:
Amateur Division Qualifying - February 10th & 11th
Amateur Division Finals - February 12th
Doubles Division Finals - February 13th
Senior’s Division Finals - February 13th
Open Division Qualifying - February 14th & 15th
Open Division Finals – February 16th
Flushing Division Qualifying - February 14th & 15th
Flushing Division Finals - February 16^th
Tom Knapp Exhibition Show – Saturday, February 16^th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.


UFTA  2008 Nationals Tune-Up Trial winner, Laylon, and his Good Dog, Major, at the Doublehead Resort.

Interested in learning more? Try these links:
www.ufta-online.com    or   www.doublehead.com