Pictures and Tales of Pups 2023
Fermi, formerly known as Rice from Ginger’s latest litter, snuggled up with her new big brother Fenway.
This cute little pup is Lilly, also from Ginger’s September litter. Cuteness personified.
This is Charlie, formerly known as Otter from Sage’s recent litter, exploring what will one day be his hunting grounds along the shores of Long Island, NY.
A couple of pictures and a video of Snug (Bernie x Ro 2022) getting the job done for Fisher. Nice work you two.
Here is a video of Sully and Maizy, siblings that are just 1.5 years apart in age. Maizy was formerly known as Maple in Ro’s litter born this past July.
This is Maggie looking great at 13.5 years of age. She is now a retired duck hunting retriever and living a good life in Florida. She was a littermate to our Sparkle and Peanut.
This is Tuvaaq, formerly Ash, from Bernie and Ro. He just went to his new home the end of September and has already encountered snow! He is living in Alaska, above the arctic circle, so it is not too surprising.
Hildy, formerly known as Millet from Ginger’s latest litter, snuggle up with her new big brother Rudy.
A sleepy Zahra, resting up from her recent vet check up. She was known as Quinoa while growing up here.
Chai, formerly known as Gazelle from Sage’s litter, out enjoying the fresh layer of snow. She was trying to eat the snow and thus the white beard.
This is Badger (Yakima) from our Henry x Ginger litter born in January. He is shown here on one of his first hunts in Colorado. Word is that he did a great job retrieving a goose from the river.
We congratulate Steve and his dog Reggie (Henry x Ginger) upon the completion of their AKC Junior Hunter title in August. Steve is a member of the Great Lakes AWSC and a regular at its training sessions. Reggie was entered in four tests and passed the test each time, to earn his new title. In addition Reggie hunts pheasant, ruffed grouse, and anything else he can find to flush and/or retrieve.
This is Maksym working toward his Senior Dock Diving title. He jumped his personal best with a length of 18 feet to earn his title.
This is Badger, formerly known as Yakima from Ginger’s most recent litter. Here he is practicing his place board training at about 12 weeks of age.
In contrast to Maggie on the left, we have Cherry here. She is just 10 weeks old and pictured here in her new home. Dad looks mighty happy with the new addition.
Kevin and Chase earned an HRC UH title the first weekend of March 2023. Chase is nine years old and did not start working on HRC titles until late in life. He is doing a bang-up job, which makes sense since he has so much real-world experience in the marshes and fields. We congratulate this team on its success and wish them many more years of teamwork in the field.
This is Jacob and his dog Scout, from a breeding between Chunk and Ursa in 2022. These are Scout’s first waterfowl retrieves and it looks like he did a fine job. One goose and one Wood duck retrieved from about 80 yards out. Not bad you two, keep up the good work.
And here is Arrow, formerly Beech, who lives in Ohio. He appears to be pondering the day. We love the picture.
And here is Burt (Guinness), Badger’s littermate, bringing in a Blue wing Teal while hunting in Wisconsin. These pups are doing quite well at less than nine months of age.
This is Brisbane with his housemate Hazel. He is from Ginger’s last litter and has become good friends with Hazel.
This is Scout, from a breeding of Chunk and Ursa, who celebrated his first birthday in April. His owner reports: He’s had a pretty good first year I would say. He went on a total of 5 pheasant hunts and has really started to figure out the game. He learned how to track deer and helped track 3 of them down. He holds steady, can be sent for a retrieve, stopped with a whistle, and cast in a direction with a hand signal.
This is Lacey Mae who was born in 2022 to Henry and Daffne. She is working on her upland and retrieve training and doing pretty well. Her owner shared the picture and video so we thought we would share it with our guests. Nice work Lacey Mae, keep it up!
A boy and his dog, Jimbo was known as Oats and is from Ginger’s latest litter.
Rupert, formerly known as Panda, resting in a lap after a play session in his new home. We will be seeing Rupert at training sessions with the GLAWSC in Michigan.
When brother and sister play hard they need to rest… together it seems. The report is that they love to sleep together.