Hawk and Maggie have been bred.

After much deliberation, we have bred Hawk to Maggie. We listened to advice from Jeanette Tracy, who has run both Hawk and Maggie for us in making this decision. Hawk has already had a good career, even with us moving him to different venues. He showed a lot of promise in the Shooting Dog venue this year and we knew we wanted to get some pups on the ground from him soon. Maggie's impressive juvenile career led us to consider her, then she finally got to run in a broke dog stake in March and knocked it out of the park, taking away any concern that she wasn't yet proven.

This breeding is essentially a line breeding on Grand National Grouse Champion Chip's Uncle Buzzie (as Maggie's sire and Hawk's grandsire) and CH/RU Chip's Torquato (as Hawk's sire and Maggie's great grandsire). Prominent in the pedigree are multiple occurrences of Hall of Fame Tomoka, CH Grouse Ridge Reroy, Grouse Ridge Been, CH Grouse Ridge Storm, 8xCH Stillmeadow's Jim and CH Brannigan.

The litter is being whelped by Jeanette at Ladywood Kennels. If you have questions about the breeding or the dogs, you can contact me at pinestrawsetters@gmail.com or Jeanette at Ladywood.

Maggie wins her debut as a broke dog.

Pine Straw Magpie made an impressive showing in her first broke dog stake, the Amateur Gun Dog of the East Tennessee Pointing Dog Association's spring trial. She ran huge, and forward with two very well mannered finds. Her second find was on a covey of running birds that she handled with perfect manners. At one point, one of the judges told me "Your dog is 7 tenths of a mile straight out there on the edge." This was a 3 point major win for Maggie. We were very happy with her and are excited to see what next year will bring.