Sugar had a very good field trial year and we plan to breed her next year for a spring of 2020 litter. We haven't made the decision on the stud at this point, but stay tuned if you're interested.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Sugar wins again at York Pointer and Setter Club!
Sugar had a very good field trial year and we plan to breed her next year for a spring of 2020 litter. We haven't made the decision on the stud at this point, but stay tuned if you're interested.
Monday, April 22, 2019
Puppies available by Pine Straw Smudge
Pine Straw Smudge (CH/RU Chip's Torquato X RUCH Pine Straw Katydid) has a litter on the ground out of Breakaway Sugar. Smudge is probably the best wild bird dog we have produced. While he has walking and horseback placements, his full time job now is being a grouse dog and he is the best grouse dog we've seen. Smudge is a litter mate to Elwin G. Smith Award winner Pine Straw Blackhawk and a half brother (via RUCH Pine Straw Katydid) to CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea.
Breakaway Sugar is a fancy bird finder in her own right. And she brings some powerhouse dogs into the breeding with what is behind her.
The pedigree of these pups is not only packed with cover dog champions like GNGCH/CH Chip's Uncle Buzzie and 5XCH Grouse Ridge Reroy, it also contains Ridge Creek Cody and CH Hamilton's Blue Diamond.
All pups are white and orange and they were born April 17, 2019. They will be old enough to enjoy their first season hunting this fall. They are in Michigan.
If interested call Dale Ash - (616)318*8254
Saturday, March 30, 2019
CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea takes first at Delaware Pointer and Setter Club
On March 29, CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea took first place in the Open Shooting Dog Stake at the Delaware Pointer and Setter Club's spring trial. Under the whistle of Jeanette Tracy of Ladywood Kennels, Sugar topped a field of 20 shooting dogs. Way to go Jeanette and Sugar!!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Vitali's Grouseringer Justify scores again.
Gary Vitali's pup "T" took third place in the open puppy stake of the Elkhorn Bird Dog Club trial. This NBHA trial was held on February 9th, 2019 at Berea, Kentucky. I was told that T's only "fault" in his run was that with 3 finds he found too many birds, including a well dug up find on a woodcock.
Below is a picture of "T" when he was still with us at Pine Straw Kennels. As I've mentioned before, he is out of our CH/RU Erin's Hidden Shamrock X CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea litter.
Below is a picture of "T" when he was still with us at Pine Straw Kennels. As I've mentioned before, he is out of our CH/RU Erin's Hidden Shamrock X CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea litter.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Shamrock X Sweet Tea Puppy on the Board
With all the excitement of Sugar (CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea) winning a championship (Northeastern SD CH) and a runner-up champion (Garden State SD CH) I almost failed to mention the first CH/RU Erin's Hidden Shamrock X CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea puppy to score a placement.
Vitali's Grouseringer Justified (T) garnered a 2nd place in the Chuck Pagano Puppy Classic held in Michigan this past fall. This pup is showing what appears to be very good potential.
We would like to thank Gary Vitali for getting this pup from us and giving him the time and experience needed to start him down the road toward becoming a field trial bird dog. We are hopeful and excited to see what Gary and this pup can do together.
With his dad having made an appearance at the National Championship, his maternal grandsire Mult CH Highground Jax Jabba making 7 appearances at the National, his dam earning a spot at the Shooting Dog National, his maternal grand dam having competed in the Grouse and Woodcock Invitational, and one of his maternal great grandsires being a Grand National Grouse Champion; he has some big shoes to fill. We'll see if he's up to the task.
Vitali's Grouseringer Justified (T) garnered a 2nd place in the Chuck Pagano Puppy Classic held in Michigan this past fall. This pup is showing what appears to be very good potential.
We would like to thank Gary Vitali for getting this pup from us and giving him the time and experience needed to start him down the road toward becoming a field trial bird dog. We are hopeful and excited to see what Gary and this pup can do together.
With his dad having made an appearance at the National Championship, his maternal grandsire Mult CH Highground Jax Jabba making 7 appearances at the National, his dam earning a spot at the Shooting Dog National, his maternal grand dam having competed in the Grouse and Woodcock Invitational, and one of his maternal great grandsires being a Grand National Grouse Champion; he has some big shoes to fill. We'll see if he's up to the task.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Pine Straw Smudge - amazing grouse dog and grouse dog producer.
Pine Straw Smudge (CH/RU Chip's Torquato X RUCH Pine Straw Katydid) has earned a reputation in the grouse woods of Michigan as being a pre-eminent grouse dog. And now he has proven to be a producer of top quality grouse dogs.
In mid October of 2018 I got to spend a weekend in the U.P. hunting grouse and woodcock with Smudge, his buddy Dale Ash, and Dale's brother Les. I also was fortunate to see two young dogs out of Smudge: Dale's 6 month old female Patty and year and a half old Rusty who belonged to Les.
Smudge did his thing and got multiple grouse and woodcock finds. He is an amazing wild bird dog. He just knows where to find grouse and how to handle them.
But what really warmed my heart was seeing the two young bird finders allowing their inbred talent to show on grouse and woodcock. Patty is a pretty white and orange Smudge daughter with a facial marking like her dad (I told Dale he should have named her Smudgette). She was amazing for a 6 month old baby. She was fancy, well mannered, and seemed to always pattern to the front. And she could find birds! Every time she hit the ground she had productive points.
The last time we had her on the ground she had a long stretch with no bird contact and we were afraid her streak would end. Just about that time she pushed out on an independent cast over a hundred yards to the front and went on point. Dale and I rushed to her and after a whirlwind 10 minutes we had one woodcock in the bag and 3 more pointed that didn't give us shots. This little girl sure seems like she's going to be some kind of cover dog.
Rusty, Patty's half-brother from Smudge and a different dam, put on awesome performances every time down. I don't want to jinx Les, but Rusty was extremely biddable all the time. While he hunted independently, the connection he showed with Les was impressive for a dog of that young age. I love my bird dogs to want to please and Rusty showed that. He also showed he could find birds. Every time we had him out he found woodcock AND grouse. Every. Time.
The find that sticks in my mind the most came only minutes after we'd turned Rusty loose one morning. We were literally within 50 yards of the truck when Rusty's bell went silent. He had dropped off the edge of the road into a thicket of mixed types of trees that bordered a marshy area. We located him quickly and as the three of us tried to get close a gorgeous red phase grouse rocketed out. None of us had a shot. We started lamenting our inability to knock the bird down for the young Setter. Rusty had held firm through the explosive flush, which impressed us all as well. Les started to get close to Rusty in order to release him, and a woodcock flushed from within a few yards or where the grouse had been. Les was able to stop the timber doodle's escape and reward Rusty for his diligence and manners.
I was so happy to be able to hunt over Smudge again. And I was just as glad to see that he is passing along both his bird finding abilities and biddability.
Big thanks to Dale and Les for taking me along and showing me these promising Smudge puppies.
If you'd be interested in getting a pup out of Smudge or any of our dogs, give me a shout.
In mid October of 2018 I got to spend a weekend in the U.P. hunting grouse and woodcock with Smudge, his buddy Dale Ash, and Dale's brother Les. I also was fortunate to see two young dogs out of Smudge: Dale's 6 month old female Patty and year and a half old Rusty who belonged to Les.
Smudge did his thing and got multiple grouse and woodcock finds. He is an amazing wild bird dog. He just knows where to find grouse and how to handle them.
But what really warmed my heart was seeing the two young bird finders allowing their inbred talent to show on grouse and woodcock. Patty is a pretty white and orange Smudge daughter with a facial marking like her dad (I told Dale he should have named her Smudgette). She was amazing for a 6 month old baby. She was fancy, well mannered, and seemed to always pattern to the front. And she could find birds! Every time she hit the ground she had productive points.
The last time we had her on the ground she had a long stretch with no bird contact and we were afraid her streak would end. Just about that time she pushed out on an independent cast over a hundred yards to the front and went on point. Dale and I rushed to her and after a whirlwind 10 minutes we had one woodcock in the bag and 3 more pointed that didn't give us shots. This little girl sure seems like she's going to be some kind of cover dog.
Rusty, Patty's half-brother from Smudge and a different dam, put on awesome performances every time down. I don't want to jinx Les, but Rusty was extremely biddable all the time. While he hunted independently, the connection he showed with Les was impressive for a dog of that young age. I love my bird dogs to want to please and Rusty showed that. He also showed he could find birds. Every time we had him out he found woodcock AND grouse. Every. Time.
The find that sticks in my mind the most came only minutes after we'd turned Rusty loose one morning. We were literally within 50 yards of the truck when Rusty's bell went silent. He had dropped off the edge of the road into a thicket of mixed types of trees that bordered a marshy area. We located him quickly and as the three of us tried to get close a gorgeous red phase grouse rocketed out. None of us had a shot. We started lamenting our inability to knock the bird down for the young Setter. Rusty had held firm through the explosive flush, which impressed us all as well. Les started to get close to Rusty in order to release him, and a woodcock flushed from within a few yards or where the grouse had been. Les was able to stop the timber doodle's escape and reward Rusty for his diligence and manners.
I was so happy to be able to hunt over Smudge again. And I was just as glad to see that he is passing along both his bird finding abilities and biddability.
Big thanks to Dale and Les for taking me along and showing me these promising Smudge puppies.
If you'd be interested in getting a pup out of Smudge or any of our dogs, give me a shout.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Sugar takes Runner-Up at Garden State Championship
Sugar is now CH/RU Pine Straw Sweet Tea after her Runner-Up win at the Garden State Shooting Dog Championship. Sugar's 4 finds and great race for handler Jeanette Tracy on the last day of the trial were enough to garner the Runner-Up title. We greatly appreciate Jeanette's work with Sugar and guiding her to a pretty good year so far.
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