Yay! A brag :) (update Page 3)

versatilek9s · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:15 am Post subject:

Good job Champion Logan! Very Happy

I saw your boy in the WCA mag--handsome fella. And I didn't realize how young he was to finish his CH! Cool.

BEANSnBERRY · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

Thank you!! Yeah.. i'm new to this show thing (he's my first show dog), so people are being sure to let me know it's not normally this easy to finish a dog, so to be sure to enjoy it. I know how lucky I was... honestly, I know I had nothing to do with it.

WCA Mag: thank you! Both the Breeders and I are very proud of him. We are discussing letting him mature a bit and then Special him.... and so the saga continues! Smile

NenaGunther · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

Congrats! Yay Logan! Very Happy

versatilek9s · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

BEANSnBERRY · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

LOL LOL LOL

Reel me in! Laughing

Seriously. I'm a glutton for punishment, huh!?

versatilek9s · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

Hey at least with dog shows you don't have to buy horses, a bigger horse trailer, and a diesel truck to pull it all! But it's the beginning... Very Happy

anne · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:33 am Post subject:

Except she's interested in starting some field work.

HEH HEH.

I love it.

BEANSnBERRY · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:43 am Post subject:

LOL - it's true, no horse trailer...... YET. Smile

Let's see how much I can bite off *AND* chew! Shocked

I will say that i"m not sending Logan off with a handler.. I'm following in a friend of mines footsteps who had a Top Ten Special never missing a show and him at home pretty much every night. I'm not saying he'll be Top Ten, or we'll even get that far (he's only 14 months so some growing yet to do) ... but, that's the plan of now.

And Anne, yes, I want to do some field work. ... and obedience... AND agility, you forgot a few. Laughing

Good thing he's versatile.... and that I'm more than slightly insane LOL

versatilek9s · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject:

anne · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

At least you have the right breed of dog for all that! Smile

WeiMe · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:33 am Post subject:

Congrats! He is really beautiful. Definitely do agility!

BEANSnBERRY · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:22 am Post subject:

ChuckDC · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to you and CH!!! Logan!

I'd do the field work (and maybe the agility) first, then the obedience later. You're getting (time-wise) to where he has his maximum potential in the field for trials and tests. Probably the best place to start would be AKC hunt tests (JH,SH,MH) as they're relatively the simplest to get, and you're not ending up getting braced against big-running pointers and setters and such. Not to mention not needing to have a horse, horse trailer....etc etc. Another venue to try is North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA.com) They even put out a book and video on field training your dog and prepping them for the tests. The only thing is that you're up against a little bit of a deadline for the first testing (16 months is the age-out for the Natural Ability test)

Logan is definitely sound enough that he could do the running for it!!

He's magnificent, Lani.

weimdawgs · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

I didn't see Logan in the WCA mag...I am going to have to look for him!!

Congrats on a great weekend. We are so proud of him.

versatilek9s · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

You could probably get him into a NAVHDA NA test. He can do it before he's 16 months and it's such a great way to start and meet really nice people.

I posted a pic of the teeter in the agility section. I also forgot to mention the other reasons my neighbors think I'm a freak...Bertha the RV parked in the driveway and our birdpen. They love when our quail get out and walk around in their yard! Very Happy