Maggie takes her first blue ribbon!

Pine Straw Magpie took first place in the GSP Club of Middle Tennessee's Amateur Puppy stake on December 29th, 2012. Maggie had an amazing race and very pretty find during her brace. She garnered lots of compliments. Maggie made some serious moves, rimmed the field edges and tore through the likely cover. Maggie put in the performance of a much older dog. While we have been impressed with her thus far, Maggie's performance in this trial just blew us away.

Katie takes top spot in horseback stake, Hawk gets a 2nd in his.

The Central Georgia Pointing Dog Club held an American Field/AKC dual sanctioned horseback field trial December 21-23, 2012. Pine Straw Blackhawk started it off by taking second place in the 15 dog Open Shooting Dog stake. The following day his mom, RUCH Pine Straw Katydid, grabbed 1st place in the Open Restricted Shooting Dog stake with an impressive 4 finds. This is Katie's second placement this fall; Hawk's was his 3rd placement of the season.

Pine Straw Blackhawk takes 2nd in horseback trial.

On December 19, 2012 Pine Straw Blackhawk took 2nd place in the Open Shooting Dog stake of the Mid-Florida Brittany Club's American Field/AKC dual sanctioned horseback trial. Hawk had two good finds in his bid and put in an impressive race. Thanks to Jamie Fountain who handled Hawk in the horseback trial.