On Friday November 23, Katie (RUCH Pine Straw Katydid) put in a fantastic performance and was awarded a 2nd place out of 20 starters in the VCMA Open Restricted Shooting Dog horseback stake.

It had been a year since her last trial and her performance was one of those that really makes you know why you love the dogs so much and enjoy trialing. We are so lucky to have a dog like Katie.

Pine Straw Smudge got 2nd place in the Open Gun Dog stake of the Central Georgia Pointing Dog club's trial on Tuesday. Thanks to Jamie Fountain for running him for us in the horseback event. That's Smudge's 2nd second place this fall.