Pine Straw Country Sunshine takes first All Age placement on the prairies.

Pine Straw Country Sunshine (Dottie) went big and brought home a 3rd place in the Leon Covington Jr. All Age trial held near Trail City, South Dakota. Dottie has been coming along well and she showed that she can really roll when called for. We have high hopes for Dottie, both in trials and as a future dam for Pine Straw puppies.

Pine Straw Magpie gets 3rd in Amateur Limited Gun Dog.

Pine Straw Magpie (Maggie) garnered a third place in the Amateur Gun Dog stake of the Weimaraner Club of Greater Louisville trial in November of 2016. This was Maggie's first trial of the year and she did a nice job nocking the rust off to come in with a third place ribbon. Maggie is fun to handle.

Pine Straw Sweet Tea comes in at runner-up for 2016 Bill Conlin English Setter Shooting Dog Derby award.

Jeanette Tracy and her scout Dillon Shaffer had a good year with Pine Straw Sweet Tea (Sugar). With multiple derby placements, Sugar was in the mix all year but was edged out in the end. We are proud of Sugar and excited to see what her career holds.

CH Pine Straw Black Hawk named 2016 Elwin G. Smith English Setter Shooting Dog Award winner!

We have received notice that CH Pine Straw Black Hawk won the 2016 Elwin G. Smith English Setter Shooting Dog Award. We greatly appreciate the English Setter Awards committee keeping this award going and keeping track of the points earned. Huge thanks to Jeanette Tracy and her scout Dillon Shaffer for their great work with Hawk and a fantastic year with him. It has been virtually a life long goal to breed a dog that won this award and we are ecstatic with Hawk's accomplishment.

Runner-Up Champion / AKC Field Champion Pine Straw Katydid has been bred to 2 X National Champion Shadow Oak Bo

This past field trial season has shown us even more about what our Katie can produce. CH Pine Straw Black Hawk had a really good year on Jeanette Tracy's string. Hawk earned his first American Field title, winning the Northeastern Open Shooting Dog Championship. Jeanette also had a good year with our shooting dog derby, Pine Straw Sweet Tea who placed in 5 open derby stakes and one amateur stake. We also were very pleased with what we saw from Pine Straw Country Sunshine who ran in all age derby stakes. She didn't get any placements, but we were very happy with her development for Lee Phillips and to be flat out honest, she earned at least 2 placements that were not given to her. Another positive of Katie's get is in the production department. A son of Pine Straw Smudge (littermate to Hawk), Rufus Del Fuego, won the Minnesota-Wisconsin Purina Cover Dog Amateur Derby of the year.

There has been some debate on different bird dog forums of late about what defines a "proven" female. With Katie, she has won a title, on wild birds in taking Runner-Up at the 2010 National Amateur Grouse Championship in a field of 69 entries. She has won on pen raised birds, in both walking and horseback stakes. And now we have seen that Katie has produced both winners and producers. She has also, throughout her life, been a trusted hunting dog.

So we began our search for a male to whom we would breed her. It may seem that breeding to the only Setter to win the National Championship in recent history would be the most obvious choice, but we try to breed not just to great performers, but also to dogs that we think match to what our goals are and to what strengthens any shortcoming we think exist in our line. We also look to match a specific dog to the specific female we are breeding. We believe that some males are definitely deserving of breeding to, but maybe for a female that is not yet ready to be bred.

In looking at Shadow Oak Bo, one thing that we have been told by almost everyone that describes him is: He finds birds. Since I am a bird hunter at heart, that is a huge plus for me. Also, Bo is known for biddability and the ability to learn. Finally, knowing that he had the bottom to not just go for three hours, but to do it in a way that put him in the winner's circle twice, is a huge plus for us as well.

So it is with great excitement that we anticipate the arrival of our next litter: Shadow Oak Bo X Pine Straw Katydid

Sugar gets first place at Summerhill Amateur Derby

Pine Straw Sweet Tea brought the blue ribbon home in the Amateur Restricted Derby stake of the Summerhill Field Trial Club spring trial on May 6, 2016. Sugar handled well for Brian Sanchez who did us a huge favor by running her when we couldn't attend. Sugar is now qualified for both open and amateur championship trials and we look forward her competing in them in the years to come.

Sugar takes 2nd in Garden State Open Derby

Pine Straw Sweet Tea (Sugar) placed second in the 26 dog open derby stake at the Garden State Shooting Dog Classic held by the English Setter Club of America's trial on March 26, 2016. Sugar is coming along nicely and has been pretty consistent of late. Sugar was handled by Jeanette Tracy of Ladywood Kennels and scouted by Dillon Shaffer. We are excited about pretty Sugar's future.

PINE STRAW SWEET TEA (Sugar) takes 3rd Place at Eastern Open Derby Classic

Pine Straw Sweet Tea got 3rd place in the Eastern Open Derby Classic which drew 24 dogs. The classic was run at the Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area near South Hill, Virginia. Thanks to the Virginia Association of Filed Trial Clubs for holding this event. We really appreciate the work of Jeanette Tracy of Ladywood Kennels and her scout Dillon Shaffer. Sugar is from our Mult. CH Highground Jax Jabba X RUCH Pine Straw Katydid litter.

Sugar had four nice finds and a back in her brace. She has been pretty consistent for us this year and we are pleased with her development.

CH Pine Straw Black Hawk offered at Stud

We humbly invite owners of quality females to consider CH Pine Straw Black Hawk as a sire for their next breeding. Hawk was sired by CH/RU Chip's Torquato, a hard running champion grouse dog whose grandsire was Grouse Ridge Been. Hawk's dam is our RUCH Pine Straw Katydid. Katie, in addition to taking runner-up at the 2010 National Amateur Grouse Championship, is an AKC Field Champion and has several horseback placements. Katie came from the breeding of two very accomplished grouse dogs: GNGCH/CH Chip's Uncle Buzzie and Mult. CH Sky's Blue Belle (Foster Award winner). For pedigree studiers, Hawk has a significant amount of Tomoka, along with other greats like Brannigan, Grouse Ridge Reroy, Grouse Ridge Storm, Still Meadows Jim, and has several strings leading back to the old Commander blood.

Hawk is a bird finder, runs well in the heat (as evidenced by his 2nd place run at the 2015 Inez Smith Classic in temps well over 80 degrees), loves to please, and is a very personable dog. He is fancy running and stylish on his game. We invite anyone interested to go to a trial and watch him, so you can see for yourself. Hawk is currently campaigned on the Shooting Dog Circuit by Jeanette Tracy of Ladywood Kennels. Prior to joining Jeanette's string, Hawk earned his AKC Field Champion title under the whistle of Jamie Fountain of Oconee Kennels.

Hawk has puppies on the ground that are looking very fancy, and very birdy. We are very interested in getting pups from Hawk out of quality females, and are asking $750 stud fee. Other arrangements are possible based on the qualifications of the female. A negative brucellosis test will be required.

Please feel free to contact me (Mike Reeves) via email at pinestrawsetters@gmail.com or via mobile phone 912-256-3826.

Below is a list of Hawk's wins.

1st Bobby Fox Open Shooting Dog Classic (52 entries)HB 2016
CHAMPION Northeastern Open Shooting Dog Championship HB 2015
2nd Inez Smith Open Shooting Dog Classic HB 2015
3rd Mid Atlantic Red Setter Club Open Shooting Dog (HB)2014
2nd Delaware Pointer & Setter Club Open Shooting Dog (HB)2014
1st Middle GA Eng. Setter Club Amateur Shooting Dog (HB) 2014
1st Middle GA Eng. Setter Club Open Rest. SD 1hr. (HB) 2014
1st GA Britt Club Open Gun Dog (38 entries)(HB) 2013 finished AKC FIELD CHAMPION
1st GSP of NC Open Gun Dog (HB) 2013
1st FL Brit Club Open Rest. Shooting Dog 1hr (HB) 2013
2nd Central GA PDC Open Limited Gun Dog (HB) 2013
2nd Central GA PDC Open Gun Dog (HB) 2013
3rd VCMA Open Restricted Shooting Dog (HB) 2013
3rd GSP of Atlanta Open Gun Dog (HB) 2013
4th GSP of E Iowa Open Gun Dog 1hr. (HB) 2013
2nd Open Shooting Dog Central GA PDC (HB) 2012
2nd Open Shooting Dog Mid FL Britt Club (HB) 2012
4th Emerald Coast VC Open Gun Dog 2012
1st Open Derby Chemung Co FTC 2012
1st Am Derby SC NBHA 2012
2nd Open Derby Middle GA ES club Horseback 2011
2nd Am Derby GSP Club of Atlanta 2010
2nd Open Puppy NBHA SE Regional Trial 2010

*HB= Horseback

Pine Straw Sweet Tea takes 3rd place in Open Derby Classic

Pine Straw Sweet Tea (Sugar) took 3rd place in the Ray B. Jeffers Open Derby Classic at the Georgia Association of Field Trials event held at The J.L. Lester WMA near Cedartown, Georgia. This derby classic drew 24 dogs. Sugar earned her third with 7 broke finds and an honor for handler Jeanette Tracy. We are really pleased with how Sugar is coming along. Sugar is out of our Mult. CH Highground Jax Jabba X RUCH Pine Straw Katydid litter. Thanks to Jeanette and scout Dillon Shaffer for their efforts with Sugar.

Hawk Wins 52 dog Bobby Fox Shooting Dog Classic

CH PINE STRAW BLACK HAWK took first place at the 2016 Bobby Fox Shooting Dog classic held at Cedartown, Georgia. Hawk had 8 finds and a great race to top the 52 dog field that contained many champion bird dogs. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Jeanette Tracy (handler) and Dillon Shaffer (scout) in running Hawk.

We have found a home for Penny.

Penny is a beautiful orange and white female out of Mult. CH Highground Jax Jabba and RUCH Pine Straw Katydid. While she moves great and listens well, her tail conformation will prevent her from succeeding in field trials. If you are interested in a Setter of awesome

blood lines that can be a great companion, shoot us an email at pinestrawsetters@gmail.com

PENNY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Check back once in a while as we sometimes have puppies or started dogs available.