Kit and Elle score again in horseback stake, littermate Briar gets first placement.

Kit and Elle both earned placements in their very first horseback stake. At the Georgia Brittany Club's winter trial at Battleground Plantation near Wrightsville, GA. Kit took first place in the Open Puppy and Elle took second. Their litter mate Briar took 4th. This was the first time that either Kit or Elle had been handled from horseback. We were very pleased with the way the pups ran. Kit and Elle were rewarded with a trip to Harpole's Heartland Lodge and had a great time there.

5XCH/2XRU HIGHGROUND JAX JABBA X RUCH (AKC FC) PINE STRAW KATYDID

We just confirmed that Katie's breeding to Jabba took and she is pregnant. She should whelp about the 4th of February. We are excited about this breeding, which is a bit of a roll of the dice. In studying pedigrees we've seen that many of the great setters of the last two decades have been a cross of Tekoa Mountain Sunrise breeding to Smith or Smith/Grouse Ridge bred dogs. So we wanted to go that route and see what got. We have been very happy with Katie's first two litters and are eager to see what comes from this breeding. In addition to Jabba's amazing performance record, good looks, and size, we really like his pedigree. In looking at dogs with a lot of Sunrise, Jabba came to light for a cross with Katie because most of what he has in his pedigree that isn't Sunrise, goes back to dogs featured prominently in Katie's pedigree (Brannigan, I'm Oscar, Tomoka, Mr. Motion, and some Grouse Ridge dogs). While this may be a huge oversimplification of pedigree assessment, in this case we know that we are breeding one exemplary dog to another. Both have important wins on wild birds against big-time competition.

Both Katie and Jabba's pedigrees can be seen at http://www.williewalker.net/dogarchive3/details.php?id=502335&gens=8

If you have a question about Katie's upcoming litter you can contact us at esetters3@yahoo.com or 912-256-3826.

Kit and Elle earn first field trial placements and Hawk adds another.

The Vizsla Club of Metro Atlanta held its annual fall trial this year the weekend after Thanksgiving. Kit and Elle ran in the Open Puppy stake and both surprised us with placements. Kit took 2nd and Elle took 3rd, not bad for being just over 6 months old.




Hawk is starting to come into his own and grabbed a third place in the Open Restricted Shooting Dog (OLGD), which was a horseback stake. We have high hopes for him in the coming months.

Introducing Pine Straw Covergirl and Pine Straw Pathfinder

We would like to introduce the two pups that we have kept out of the Katie X Grumpy litter. Above you see Pine Straw Covergirl (Elle) as she points along an edge and below her is Pine Straw Pathfinder (Kit) as he points in the thick stuff.

Hawk places in hour horseback stake.

On September 29, 2013 Hawk was awarded 4th place in the hour long AKC horseback stake at the GSP club of Eastern Iowa. This was Hawk's very first hour long horseback stake and he had 5 finds in his hour. Not too bad for his first go at it, we'll take a 4th place ribbon!

Charlie gets Runner Up at the New England Grouse Championship!

On 09/27/2013 Charlie (CH/RUCH Chip's Charlie Brown) was named Runner Up at the New England Grouse Championship. Thirty-eight dogs ran in the trial and Charlie earned his new title with one grouse find. Charlie is having a good year!

Maggie takes first in horseback derby.

Just got a call from Jamie Fountain of Oconee Kennels, who has Maggie and Hawk for a month of trials out in Iowa and Nebraska. Maggie took First Place in the Open Derby today (9/14/2013) against 20 other dogs at the GSP Club of Eastern Iowa trial. This was a dual sanctioned (American Field/AKC) horseback trial. Maggie is now qualified for open Championships with the American Field and has all of her juvenile points toward her AKC FC.