Gun Dog Forum

The Region 12 Championships started Jan. 22 in Tombstone, Arizona. Results so far are:

Amateur Shooting Dog:

Champion: 3d’s Mocha Jo O/H - Rick Dodge
Runner-Up: Teton’s Sage O/H– Don Lee
Honorable Mention – Prairie Winds Just a Flirt O/H – Keith Richardson

Flirt is Sage's mother, so congratulations to both.

The All Age is currently running.

Just in, winners of the All Age:

Champion Willows on the Spot

No Runner Up named.

Congrats John, sounds like Spot has just picked up where he left off. Mocha is also a very nice dog, and the Dodges are as good as they come.

Congrats John. Spot is continuing to roll.

Best, Greg J.

Congrats John.


Ezzy

I am a little sheepish. That is his 12th Championship win and he is still 5. Thanks everyone.

Will report on the Derby and OSD as soon as I hear. We are not running Spot in the OSD. He had a slight injury while on vacation this year, tweaked right small toe. So we don't want to overwork him. Bigger trials yet to come.

Saddle sends congratulations to Spot!

Big Congratulations John and Spot!, also to Don Lee, he is an old friend of ours from NSTRA days....

Congratulations John, I would love to get out and see spot run one of these days. Good luck this season.

Terry

Congrats!

I read recently on another board that you just have kind of gotten lucky with everyone elses hard work of breeding.

I use to own a dog out of FC Dixieland's Luke and Moesgaards Lady Jackie. I noticed that a full blood sister was in Spot's pedigree. I'm not sure if my dog was a littermate to this dog or just a full blood brother. I bought that dog from Bob Merkle in the 1st part of June 1993. What a dog. He did it all. I never did trial him but I think he would of done real well. My dogs name was Dixilands Jamaica Jake. I hunted 10 years behind him and have never owned a dog that held a candle to him. Believe me I have tried.

I currently have some pups in my kennel that might come close I hope. It's so unfortunate that many of us have great dogs, but don't realize it until their gone. I think "Spot is a once in a lifetime dog" Enjoy him while you can!!

Has "Spot" produced any litters? If so what do his Pups look like?

Marc

Big Congrats John, Spot and Eldon!
So what are you sippin this eve John?
Something Celebratory I'm certain.

Just Chardonnay Bruce. I am saving the single malt for when you or Jennings show up at one of the Championships. Or anyone else I know for that matter. People show up all the time, so you better hurry or it will be gone.

Marc I think you and I corresponded awhile ago and I remember you had a Merkel dog. Bob was a friend and ran my first ever trial dog for me for awhile, we used to hunt together and I hunted over Luke. A very nice dog. You are right, I owe alot to breeders who went before me. But there is also a knack to pickin the right ones. We are working on the next "dog of a lifetime" right now. Not born yet, but we are working on it. Spot is young, he was bred twice when he was two, but one was a hunter's female and I don't know about those pups. The other litter was out of a gun dog female, and produced some very nice looking pups, one finished his FC at just two years of age last spring. Since then, Spot has been working pretty hard and on the circuit all the time, so hard to catch up to him to breed. Some breedings are happening now though, so we will see.

John

Congrats to yourself, Spot, and Eldon for starting another year off right.

BigShooter. Which Saddle are we talking about. KJ Hightailin Saddle or one of the later versions?

John, big congrats! Spot started where he left off last year...and he is only five! I wish I could have seen him run in Wye Island. I heard he was something else!

I'm sure there are a lot of people looking to breed to Spot since last year, including myself. I may consider breeding Bell within the next two years. We'll see. I'll touch base with you later.

Good luck this spring and hope to see you in Wye Island in the fall!

Rob

Congratulations, John, Spot, and Eldon. Glad to see he is carrying over last years succesful season. Will you be at the Reg. V and the Allbreed John? If so I may see you there. Keep that malt handy

Chip

No, I don't think I will get to the All Breed. Spot will be there. I go to the Nationals, and that is at least a week. Then I like to go to the Great Plains, and later in the spring to the Region 9 to see Doug Favor and his friends. Not enough time to go to the All Breed.

We always have a bottle or two of the good stuff around camp. There is something or other to celebrate most of the time, even if it is just that we are together again and enjoying the fresh air and laughter. Anybody who wants some is welcome to come over.

We'd be talking about Spot's sister, Willows Back In The Saddle, the sweetist, prettiest, most stylish, athletic and competitive GSP I've ever owned.

Anymore news?

Chip

Haven't heard about the OSD yet. I don't have a dog in it, so I haven't been pushing to find out. Will make a call.

Thanks John.

Chip

Is the shooting dog at Region completed and do we know the results.

Pepper

Yes. No. Still trying to find out. Nobody home.

Here is what I got Jerry.

Champion went to a pup out of Spekk owned by a fella named Desnick. Not sure of the spelling of the owner and don't know the pup.

RU went to Rick Dodge's 3d's Mocha Jo, that is Mocha's second placement so far this year.

OSD Champion is DTC's Yonder Spekk, O-Besenick. Yonder Spekk, call name Luke, is a young dog out of Sport's See That Spekk, a three year old turning four in April, and was the dog that took 4th in the NAGDC at Eureka.