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LOCAL BARKS By: Karen Nelsen
GWP CLUB OF ILLINOIS "THE INQUISITIVE WIRE" by Sandy Hoesel Guy Rezzardi is in the news ...he has been appointed the club's representative to the National Field Trial Advisory Board, his girl "Badger" is now a Field Champion (she only needs one point to finish her Amateur title too) The Club held a Hunting Test in midApril, and thanks to the cooperation from Mother Nature, the weather was good, although a bit windy. One of the dogs entered had run off course and got himself lost... who you gonna call ...well the hero on the white horse (in this case an ATV) of course, in the person of Guy Rezzardi (is there nothing this man can't do?) Off he went, searching high and low, zipping through the fields ... finally finding the lost critter ...and where did the dog ride on the way back, well up front with Guy ...no one was quite sure who was doing the driving! Guy and Badger also won the Seneca Fun Trial with six birds in eight minutes! Al Brady put JH legs on Kosta's dog Duke. Brian Washa got a leg on Tasha and Frank Susi qualified Bruna, both in SH. Sandy Hoesel put another leg on Boise in MH. This is Boise's 7th leg ...(mighty strange looking dog, with "seven legs"). In fact, Brian and Frank finished the SH titles on Tasha and Bruna at another Hunting Test in early June. Also, Sandy Hoesel put Boise's MH on him in March. Bob Aardema finished Jake's JH title. Congrats! Kosta Sunda's Flintlock's KS Tzarr Schwarz has been doing well in the field, and now has his Derby points. NAVHDA held a "Find, Flush & Fire" event, and several club members had placements: in the One Person/One Dog category, Gary Martin took First Place, Carol Maynard took Second, and John Homles took Fifth. In the Two Person/One Dog category, Carol and Gil Maynard took Third Place. Sounds like fun! The Club's Annual Awards Banquet was held in April. It was reported that everyone was "all spiffed up and no one smelled like stinky quail". (If that's the case it's a wonder everyone recognized one another!) The event was organized by Baltimore Ortega, and they had more than two dozen members at the affair.
Shortwire's Hunt Warrior (Baltimore Ortega) Ch Ripsnorter's Die Zauberflote (Pat Ranker) Smokie Piette's Buckwheat CD (Carol Piette) Smokie Piette's Bandit CD (Dick Piette)
Senior Hunters: Ch Feldschau Feisty Fraulein CD (Carol Maynard) Shortwire's Hunt Warrior (Baltimore Ortega)
Master Hunter: Shortwire's
Hunt Warrior (Baltimore Ortega)
Companion Dog: Flatlander's Boise (Sandy Hoesel) Ch Feldschau Feisty Fraulein SH (Carol Maynard)
Bench Champions: KS Tzarr Aga JH (Kosta Sunda) Farmgate's Sly Guy (Paula Moebius) Meastro's Justa Snuffleupagus (Pat Ranker)
Versatile Champion: Ch Feldschau Feisty Fraulein CD SH (Carol Maynard)
FROM THE GWP CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Susan Cutter; Editor Cindy Heiller 's Weidenhugel Gabby V Merlin finished her bench title in May. Two weeks later she earned her JH title. As of Susan's last newletter, Gabby had gone BOB six times, has made the group cut at least once, and went BOS twice at the Ventura cluster. Not to be overshadowed by her litter sister, Wiedenhugel Garbo V Merlin finished her bench title in June. And she'll be following suit with a field title as well according to Cindy. Other club members getting the purple ribbon at shows are: Ralph Rangel's Weidenhugel Guermo V Merlin went WD at the Wine County KC Show; Jill Otto and Mary Myers' Weidenhugel Eliza V Pilot went WB a the Contra Costa KC Show; Mildred Revell's Weidenhugel Patchee v Roscoe took a three point major at the Wine County show. The Club held a Field Trial open to GWP's, Weimaraners and Vizslas in mid-July at Hastings Island. the report is elsewhere in this newsletter.
Junior Hunters:
The Club sponsored a training day in March. According to Club President Randy Berry, a lot of exposure and a little training really made a great improvement in a number of older dogs. In fact, he was quite impressed with Doris Erlich's ''Tari'' whose first bird
Maestro Justa Renegade (John Holmes) Maestro Justa Allegro (Brian & Alexis Washa)
was pointed from a distance of 35 yards ...at least twice as far away as his nearest
Dogs being honored for their accomplishments were:
competitor. In fact, if an award was given for "Longest Nose" Tari would have been the winner! It was suggested that actual awards be given for dogs demonstrating field characteristics: best nose, most intensity, most style and so on!
FORT DETROIT GWP CLUB "THE BARBED WIRE" By Lori Sargent They have been going crazy in the show ring ...getting titles, purple ribbons and group placements! It all started with Ross VanDerRos' SevemRun's Chatelaine, MH getting WBIBOW and BOB to finish her Bench title. Linda Blanchard's Robbie (SGR Classic Design) went WD for a three point major at his very first show! At the Genesee County Kennel Club Show in May, Debi Blanchard's Bartig Kleiner Schmetterling went WB and BOW one day, then Ross' Maggie, Dutchman's Wildfowler Maggie MH, did it the next day. Sue Owen's puppy Sneakers (Schnellberg's Sneak Preview) went WD ~ BOW one day. The co-owned Ch Schnellberg's In the Rough JH (Sargent and Owen) went BOB both days. In K-a-l-a-m-a-zoo, Tina Purins could hardly keep her feet on the ground when Ch Kaizan's Cinnamon Toast took BOB at three of the four shows in the cluster. Cinnamon also took a Group Third one day! And in the field, the ribbons were handed out as well to several members whose Wires had qualified at various Hunting Tests: Bob Moses got two legs in JH on Kat (SGR Lady Katrina Mayfly). This finished Kat as a JH. Steve Kreuser got three more senior legs on Tac (Ll's Blazing Wildfire) ...one more to go. Tim and Nicole Ryan's Hanker (Ryan Yon Hanker SH) got three legs toward his MH title, one at the Club's April Hunting Test. Hanker was handled by Walter Furesz (see he hasn't retired!) And John Weingarden's Jessie (Jessie James) got his final SH leg! Mark and Lori Sargent's Hannah (SGR Fa1creek Silent Ambition SH) got two legs toward her MH title. Bill Schmidt's Zipper (Winhawk's Hold'n It Together JH) qualified in SH, along with Maestro's Miss M (Millie) who belongs to Robert Linn. Millie was handled by Walt Furesz. In the JH category, Paul Kelly's Coach (SGR Coachman), Kevin Keller's Spike (Keller's Spike) and his Smokecreek's Suzzi's Hitail (Suzzi) all qualified.