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Our newest Tru Brittany - "Jodi"
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| (FC/AFC Shiloh's Blazin Tri'd N Tru x CH Chilcote One More Than You JH) |
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| 9 yr old Bernie with Jodi |
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Jodi is a beautiful tri-color, with perfect markings. She's a real fire-cracker, and loves to play hard with the big dogs. |
FC/AFC Shiloh's Blazin Tri'd N Tru - OFA Excellent
2x American Field Champion
Stud Service & Frozen Semen Available
Bernie is a proven stud dog, consistently producing puppies with lots of natural ability in the field, who are easily trained to become outstanding hunters/ natural retrievers. There are Bernie puppies all over California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Our favorite emails come from "family" members who own puppies/ dogs sired by Bernie, and many have become our good friends.
Bernie was the #1 All Pointing Breed dog for wins and placements in 2004 AKC Open Gun Dog stakes. He was the #1 Brittany, #2 All Pointing Breed dog in 2003. Marc handled Bernie to all of his Open & Amateur field points, earning both Field Champion and Amateur Field Champion titles in February 2001, when Bernie was less than three years old. Bernie was bred by Pennie Peterson, of Shiloh's Brittanys (www.shilohbrits.com).
Now 9 1/2 years old and retired from field trials, Bernie is definitely the top dog in our house and loves every minute of it (especially when females in season come to visit). He still hunts every fall in the Midwest; the last two years in South Dakota thanks to our friend Chris Jundt who owns "Tru's Painted Pony", aka "Blazer". From a distance, you can hardly tell father and son apart.
Bernie is a tri-colored Brittany, the product of two outstanding Dual Champions.
Sire - DC Booker Cooker (owned by Lynda & David Evans)
Dam - DC Shiloh's Blazin Shadie Sadie (bred and owned by Pennie Peterson)
Bernie's notable achievements: See "Awards" page
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CH Simply Irresistible ("Kandy") - 6 Field Points
In the spring of 2006 (two years after her last field trial), Vicki put Kandy on a diet & fitness program to get back in shape for the show ring. It all paid off when she earned her CH title in San Antonio, TX, with a 4 pt major and Best of Winners; handled by Clint Livingston.
Sired by NFC/DC/AFC Tequila's Joker, Kandy is out of "Krista", and was born May 25, 2000. She was 4th out of 22 starters in the 2002 ABC Central Region All-Age Futurity (handled by Bob Burchett), under extremely tough winter weather conditions in Danville, Illinois. (Brother Mike was the WINNER!) Those placements qualified both dogs for the ABC Nat'l All-Age Futurity Run-off, held in Booneville, Arkansas in early December. Kandy was the Runner-Up Winner, behind another TJ daughter.
Kandy now enjoys being a house dog as much as she enjoyed field trialing. (Maybe more, they don't serve avocados on the stake out chain.) Her favorite activities are biking with Vicki (at warp speed - I know I should be wearing a helment . . . ), and running in the horse arena twice a day. Amazingly, she has also decided that retrieving is fun - and loves to interfere when we're playing retrieving games with Bernie and Jada. Her first (and only) litter in June 2004 produced three puppies including our "Speedy". We think Kandy is the most beautiful Brittany ever sired by her famous father, and she is the SWEETEST dog we could ever imagine.
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CH Tru's Magic Bullet - June 17, 2004
(FC/AFC Strong's Rum Runner Barney x Simply Irresistible)
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(FC/AFC Strong's Rum Runner Barney x CH Simply Irresistible)
Multiple Derby & Open All-Age Placements
4 FC points (OAA, Minnesota Brittany Club, April 2007)
Speedy is one of three puppies whelped by our Kandy (CH Simply Irresistible) on June 17th, 2004. We had originally planned to keep a female, but Speedy convinced us that he was meant to stay and we're so glad he did! Speedy is like Kandy in so many ways - he's sweet and snuggly, and gets along with everybody.
With two NFC/ Hall of Fame dogs as grandfathers, it's no surprise that Speedy is a natural in the field. Even though he had no field training, he ran in several field trials in the spring of '06 and earned several placements in large Derby stakes. In his first year competing as an adult, Speedy won a large Open All-Age stake for his first FC points (Minnesota Brittany Club), after placing 3rd out of 48 starters (Iowa Brittany Club) in his very first month of competition. We're very proud of Speedy's field accomplishments, especially at such a young age.
And we're especially proud that he's earned the title of CHAMPION! Fast and easy, that's our Speedy.
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| Tru's Jump N Jada - 2 yrs old (photo by Sunshine Portraits) |
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Tru's Jump N Jada
(FC/AFC Shiloh's Blazin Tri'd N Tru x Shale Valley's Finesse)
April 6, 2005
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June 23 - Jada goes Winner's Bitch/ Best of Winners for 4 pts, under Dorothy Macdonald at the Kennel Club of Beverly Hills show!!
Jada is a Bernie daughter, out of Shale Valley's Finesse MH. (Nessa's sire is NAFC/FC/AFC Lea's Running Jay Hawk and her mother is Shale Valley's Shoni Dancer SH, a full sister to DC/AFC Bourbon XIII.) Jada was one of EIGHT females in a litter bred by Randy Meyer of Wellsville, MO. Jada was our pick in lieu of a stud fee.
Jada had several placements in puppy stakes in early 2006, including a 1st at a local Shorthair trial. Along with Speedy and Ivy, Jada went to the Midwest for training/ field trialing and ran in only 2 trials before winning a 20+ dog Open Derby stake at the Missouri BC trial. Marc was there to watch (and also judged the ABC Gun Dog Classic). The stake was still running when Marc had to leave for the airport, taking Jada with him. We got the news she had won, just minutes before her plane arrived in California. Good timing, Jada!
We're very proud of Jada - a real head turner wherever she goes. She's up to 11 show points (1 major) and hopefully has a lot more field/ show wins in her future.
Jada is a sister to "Tru's Jump N For Joy", owned by Mike & Deborah Frane of Torrance, CA. Joy joined the "Tru Blue" club after winning the Amateur Walking Derby Stake (2 pts) at the Greater Phoenix trial in January 2007, and recently earned her JH title, making her Bernie's first titled offspring! |
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Tru's Poise N Ivy
(FC/AFC Shiloh's Blazin Tri'd N Tru x Tundra's Dashin Daisy)
May 6, 2005
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"Ivy" is also a Bernie daughter, and easily earned her Open and Amateur puppy points in her first season of field competition out here in California. Since June 2006, she's been training/ field trialing in the Midwest and added a couple of big Derby wins to her resume in October 2006 and April 2007. Bob says she's "one of the best Derby dogs he's ever had".
June 2007 - After a short vacation at home in California, Ivy is now back in Iowa, training for competition in adult stakes starting this Fall. She's an amazing little dog - definitely a chip off the block of her famous father, including her OFA Excellent hips.
February 2008 - Ivy's first adult placement . . . and she's still only 2 years old!
Greater St. Louis Brittany Club, One Hour Open Shooting Dog (21 starters)
Judges: Bill Burton & Dale Pool
1st - FC Shady's Beans Blaze Phoenix (littermate to Kate, see "Puppies" page)
2nd - DC Ricochet's Maggie's Jac (J. Condron)
3rd - Tru's Poise N Ivy (Burchett)
4th - FC/AFC Wrigley's First Dance (G. Hopper)
Out of 13 total (including Speedy and FC Tequila Dynamite), Ivy was the only Team Burchett handled dog to earn a placement. |
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