Fall trialing

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving has come and gone! It's been a busy fall season with the big trip out to Iowa and Nebraska, followed by the arrival of Dixie's puppies. But we have managed to get to some east coast trials as well. The first weekend of November was the Pointer Associates of New England field trial. Dave did well in the Open Limited Gun Dog stake, taking first, second, and fourth with Specter, Pete, and Moxie, respectively. Sara got a placement in Open Derby , and Colonel and I won the Amateur Limited Gun Dog stake.

Dave went from the P.A.N.E. trial to the Pointer Nationals at Wye Island the next weekend. He ran Pete and Daisy in the National Championship, winning it with Daisy. Pete's owner Judith earned a placement with Pete in the National Amateur Championship.

The third weekend in November was the Southern Maryland English Setter Club trial. It was another successful weekend for Dave and me. Colonel won the Open Limited Gun Dog stake and was third in Amateur Limited Gun Dog. Sara won the Open Derby stake. Moxie won the Open Gun Dog stake, with Zeke second. I also got in lots of ride time with Buddy. He's coming around nicely.

We may be going to the Delaware Valley German Wirehaired Pointer trial next weekend. Then we'll be busy hosting the Old Dominion Vizsla Club trial December 14-16.

Puppies are here!

Today Dixie whelped nine puppies - five males and four females. Mother and babies are all doing well. The stats of the whelping go as follows:

8:20 am Male 16 oz. (Black collar)
8:44 am Female 14 oz. (Pink collar)
9:06 am Female 15 oz. (Yellow collar)
9:38 am Male 17 oz. (Purple collar)
9:55 am Female 13 oz. (White collar)
10:32 am Male 15 oz. (Orange collar)
11:25 am Female 13 oz. (Green collar)
11:50 am Male 15 oz. (Blue collar)
1:03 pm Male 16 oz. (Red collar)

Friday they will go in for tail docking / dew claw removal.