Gun Dog Forum

We will be holding our 2007 AKC Licensed Walking Field Trial on Saturday and Sunday April 14-15,2007 at Kelly Farms in Marine on St. Croix, MN. This is about 10-15 minutes NW of Stillwater, MN.

The planned stakes to run on Saturday are...
Open Gun Dog (Retrieving)
Open Puppy
Amateur Limited Gun Dog (Retrieving)

Sunday's Planned stakes are....
Open Limited Gun Dog (Retrieving)
Open Derby
Amateur Gun Dog (NON-Retrieving)

The retrieve in the OGD will be done by killing the first safe bird on course. For the Limited Stakes it will be done via callback at the end of the stake.

This trial will also be NGSPA sanctioned.

For details please go to
http://www.akc.org/events/search/index. ... 2007150601

Premiums will be available around mid-February. Please contact me if you would like one or have any questions.

Chris Benskin
Walking Field Trial Secretary
(612)396-8502
gspcmntreasurer@earthlink.net

Event Premiums are now available. Email me and I will get one to you.

Chris Benskin
German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Minnesota
Walking Field Trial Secretary
(612)396-8502
gspcmntreasurer@earthlink.net

Chris,
I have been working with pointing dogs for only two years, I am signed up for a couple of huntest now but what the difference between a hunt test and a walking field trial?

a walking trial is a field trial,which means the best dog in each stake wins,as chosen by the judges.
So unlike hunt tests where everyone can qualify,only the winning dog,or maybe the 2nd place dog gets points toward his fc.
At heart it is a competition vs a qualifing event.

Larue summed up the difference between the two pretty well.

I'm glad to hear that your signed up for a couple of Hunt Tests, they are good venues for the handler and dog to get used to working in an event type atmospshere.

Not sure how close you are to Kelly Farms, but you are more than welcome to come out and visit and see what it's all about. You can walk behind the braces as part of the gallery and see first hand what the dogs do.

Chris thanks for the premiums, filled out the entries and we'll be there. The last time I was at Kelly Farms it rained for three solid days. It got to be quite a mess with even 4 wheel drives getting stuck. I managed to get out even pulling the dog trailer. hopefully it will be a bit drier this year.SDGORD

SDGORD

It'll be good to have you there.

Was that mud pit at the Gordon HT a couple of years ago? I remember people telling horror stories about that. Didn't the tractor have to pull out 20 or so vehicles? We were a bit wet the weekend before out there but not as bad as that weekend.

That was last year at the North Country HT, I havent been that wet taking a shower. A friend brought his motor home and we had visions of that disappearing in the mud. But he got out without incident. Some of the folks that got stuck would have gotten stuck on dry pavement. But for the last bunch that got stuck they had to try to get through the canyons the tractor and stuck rigs made.
Drier would be better. SDGORD

I have a gut feeling the weather man will cooperate for us this year. Optimism never hurts!

They changed the AKC website a little and now I'm not sure what "Limited" means. Does it mean that only dogs with placements can participate or does it mean only GSP's can participate?

Limited Gun Dog Stakes are open to dogs that have placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or fourth in a Gun Dog Stake, either amateur or open. Or have taken 1st place in a Derby stake.

Hope that helps.

Event Premiums can be found online at

http://www.netkennel.com/Files/115/6221 ... remium.pdf

I sent in my dog's entries this evening.

Best,

Greg

Look forward to seeing Gunner out here. And if you do decide to chance fortune and show up, you are always welcome, and we have a pretty good time.

Hi Chris,

Is their still room in the open derby? I'm going to sent in my entry for Greta on Friday.

Terry

Terry

Entries are coming in nicely considering the trial is still alomost a month away. We still have room in all stakes and would be happy to see you and Greta at the trial.

Chris, after seeing the running order, I need to enter one of my dogs in the OGD or else I wont have an excuse to come up Sat. So I will send the entry this weekend.SDGORD

SDGORD

I'll look for it and will confirm when I recieve it, just like I do with all entries that I recieve.

Hey Chris,
Is the GSPCMN going to have a hunt test out there the following weekend. The AKC website says the GSPCMN is having a test on April 21 & 22 but the GSPCMN website has no info on the hunt test that I could find. I plan on trying some jr. hunter tests this spring for fun and hopefully to put a Jr. Hunter title on my little white wonder.
Thanks,
Clark

Yup we are having a HT out at Kelly the following weekend, 4/21-4/22.

Give Ed a call or an email for more information if you want.

Secretary: Ed Hanson
11244 7Th St Ne
Blaine, MN 55434-1757
(763) 754-9929 bluesideup@fishnet.com

Mucho gracias!

I sent my forms in saturday for that Hunt Test, Maybe I'll see you there.
Dusty

Sounds great. One question. Can I enter my dog in the Saturday test and the Sunday test or is it just one run per weekend? If I can run on both days I'd prefer it.

I signed up for both days, thats how it usually works I am told.

Dusty

Nah, each day is a completely separate event. I enter one day or another all the time. It's often a smart thing to do.

Best regards, Greg J.

Thanks gentlemen. Hopefully I'll be there in April.

Kelly Farms should be interesting for the WFT this weekend. We had several inches of SNOW on Wed.

Clark
Maverick Shorthairs

Snow always makes for some interesting conditions......

Yep, it'll be interesting.

My dog is in the last brace of OGD and the first brace of OLGD.

Best regards, Greg J.

Probably won't be much if any snow left by Saturday. Highs is the 40's today and upper 40's for Friday should take care of allot of it. Watch out for muddy trails leading in though....

Greg,

Save the best for last for your one dog

And set the standard being the first with the other dog

Have fun and Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone have the results of this trial?

Open Gun Dog (Retrieving) 18 Starters
1st Ch. St. Croix's Diamond Jim, GWP, O: Bruce & Sue Mueller H: Greg Dixon (4 points)
2nd Withheld
3rd Mr. E's Hardware Hank, GSP, O: Dan & Kathy Erickson H: Greg Dixon
4th Withheld

Open Puppy, 8 Starters
1st Chukarhill Exposed, Gordon Setter, O: Dan & Becky Voss (2 Points)
2nd Backwoods Walk the Line, GWP, O: Teri Nestrud H: Greg Dixon
3rd Prairie Star Highplainsman, Gordon Setter, O: Dano & Marianne Morf
4th Bonasa Flat's Autumn Beauty, GSP O/H: John Voight

Amateur Limited Gun Dog (retrieving) 10 starters
1st FC/AFC Hi-Tailyn Mighty Isis, GSP, O: Kirk & Larry Loftin H: Larry Loftin (2 Points)
2nd Moe Cadens Cyd Ruge Molly, GSP, O/H: Gary Moe
3rd Ch. West Star Leading the Way MH, GSP, O/H Rona Everson
4th Ch. St. Croix's Diamond Jim, GWP, O: Bruce & Sue Mueller H: Bruce Mueller

Open Limited Gun Dog (retrieving) 13 starters
1st Backwoods Sure Shot Mario, GWP, O: Greg & Liz Dixon, H: Greg Dixon (3 Points)
2nd Withheld
3rd Withheld
4th Tonka Upwind Victorine, Vizsla, O: Stella Lang, H: Greg Dixon

Open Derby, 4 starters
1st Rusty's Ricky Ticky Rowdy Boy, GSP, O/H: Doug Spencer (1 Point)
2nd Sweetsong's Wildfire Greta, GSP, O/H: Terry Singsank
3rd Schuster's Mama's Girl, GSP, O/H: Rob Schuster
4th Withheld

Amateur Gun Dog, 22 starters
1st FC/AFC Hi-Tailyn Mighty Isis, GSP, O: Kirk & Larry Loftin H: Larry Loftin (4 Points)
2nd Ch. West Star Leading the Way MH, GSP, O/H Rona Everson (2 Points)
3rd Vernon de L'Escarbot, Brittany, O/H: Mark Dinsmore
4th Ch. St. Croix's Diamond Jim, GWP, O: Bruce & Sue Mueller H: Bruce Mueller

The win in the OGD also gave Jim his FC making him a new Dual Champion.

Congrats to all!!!

Hi Chris, nice meeting you up at Kelly farms. Had a good time the weather as you predicted was great. We were braced with Jim the first brace Sat morning. We would have preferred not to have a suicide bird so close to the breakaway but thats the way it goes. We will probably run into you later in the season take care. SDGORD

SDGORD

Good meeting you at the trial too, wish I would have had more time to socialize but had to keep on top of things to get everything done in two days.

I'm half way kicking around the idea of making it a three day, Friday-Sunday, trial next year. Might add an Amateur Walking Derby and Amateur Walking Puppy stake too. Maybe we could have a 7:30 start and wrap up by 4:00 or 4:30 each day and be able to enjoy things a bit more instead of rush rush all the time.

Anyone have any feedback about those ideas it would be apperciated.

Chris

Chris,

With as many entries as there were this year, I could see it be a 3 day event. I think we are going to see an increase in participation in Walking Trials in the coming years.