SR Aheka Smoke In His Eyes CD JH WC CGC, “Cinders “earned his NAHRA Started Retriever title in four straight tests on two consecutive weekends.   This also earned him his NAHRA brass band.  He picked up his first two legs Sept 16 & 17 at the Hudson Highlands tests at the Stewart properties in Montgomery, New York and finished the next weekend (Sept 23 & 24).  Cinders is owned by Bill and Monica Stephens and was handled by Bill

“Brook” , SR Bertschire’s Avalanche WC CGC, earned back to back JH legs!! “Brook” , SR Bertschire’s Avalanche WC CGC, earned back to back JH legs!!

“Cutter” , Maple Manse Ruff and Trump, owned by Cheryl and Foster Beach and handled by Cheryl won BOB on a very hot and humid Saturday and then BOS on Sunday

At the Mount Vernon Dog Training Club and Capital Dog Training Club obedience trials “Vita”, Ch Blazin’s Doppelbock JH WCX CGC, owned by Scott and Tina Borden and handled by Tina, earned his 1st & 2nd CD legs winning HS Champion in Novice A on Saturday and HS Champion on Sunday!!! These were Tina’s first ever performance legs. Two down, one to go…

Dawn Buttion and the Blazin flatcoats had a very good week!

“This year I decided to play hooky from work and experience the Cherry Blossom Circuit. I showed 5 days, 2 different dogs and won 4 BOBs plus two cuts in the group.
“Dino”, Ch Blazin’s Carpe Diem CD SH WCX HOF, won the breed at both Greater Fredericksburgs shows and the Baltimore County KC show and made the cut the last day.
“Cricket”, Ch Blazin’s Evening Star CGC, won breed at the Catoctin KC show and made a cut in the group. This was Cricket’s 1st time entered as a special!!
Not to be outdone by her relatives, “Prue”, Blazin’s Eternal Flame, picked up her 2nd CD leg at the Baltimore County KC show. Prue is trained and handled by her good pal Marty (Archambeault)!!”

“Lindsay” is now CH Char-Will’s Witchy Woman CDX JH OA NAJ WC, and “Sadie” is now CH Char-Will’s Cappuccino Commotion CDX JH NA OAJ WC. Both Sadie & Lindsay are owned and handled by Barb Sholtis.

“Brook” became a Champion on April 5, 2003, with a 3 point major at the Greater Ocala Dog Club, handled by Cathy Reinhart! In addition, she earned her CD at MSDA on March 8, 2003. She earned her 1st Senior Hunter leg on March 22. She is now *Ch* SR Bertschire’s Avalanche *CD* JH WCX. We’re proud! — Sandy and John Bulger

“Franklin”, Maple Manse Stayman Rules, earned his 3rd Flyball title in September. He is now a Flyball Dog Champion (FDCh), and his ranking among flyball flatcoats has gone up to #26 or so. At this tournament, Franklin was put on the top level multi-breed team. Since this was his first full tournament, we were a little nervous, especially since our team was competing for the regional championship for the fiscal year 2003! We won all but 2 heats the entire weekend, set a team record for time, and he did an awesome job. Technicalities in the way tournaments are scored means it will be awhile before we know if we got the regional chamionship, but I was proud that my boy did such a great job at an important tournament.

Our girl “Libby”, Riversong’s Dream Catcher, had a super *double major* weekend at the Turkey Cluster! Libby won a 4 pt major going WB/BOW from the Bred By class at Friday’s Northeastern Maryland KC show. Then, Sunday at the Upper Marlboro KC show, she won WB from the Bred By class for her second 4 pt major! It seemed like déjà vu as her dam, Risa, earned double majors in 1999 at the same cluster! Libby is a lot of fun, and at 14 months old, we look forward to her many future successes! She’s proudly owned, trained and handled by Janet and Cary Ciarico.

During the last month, “Quest”, Ch Skywalker Galaxy Quest *CD* *WCX*, has been doing well at all endeavors:
On March 18 in Raleigh, Quest got his third leg for his CD title with a score of 191.5;
On April 4 at The Tidewater Retriever Club Hunt Test, Quest picked up his second Senior Hunter leg;
On April 11 at The PVGRC double WC/WCX, Quest got his WCX title; and
On April 18 at Rappahannock River Retriever Club Hunt Test, Quest picked up his third Senior Hunter leg!