I ran Groove, "Fast Himmels New Groove" in the Open Derby Saturday in Polk, PA at the PA Brittany Club Grounds in the Oak Ridge Pointing Dog Club Trial to a 4th placement in only his 2nd Trial at 13 months old against older 18-24 month old pups. He ran at that point in the evening where the wind was changing and pulling the moisture up for GREAT scenting conditions and managed 11 finds, pointing with GREAT style, while still being able to show a good run, staying on the edges where he could, while still hitting all of the objectives in the center of the course in the back field. Anyone that knows this course will know what I'm talking about. It can be kinda tight to get around with a bigger running dog, particularly a rank young pup that has a good set of wheels.
Groove came out of a breeding I arranged with Rick and Brenda(Walnut Hills Kennels) between DC AFC Gamble's Odyssey Fritz MH UT2 and Bella, "Bird Belladonna VD Himmel JH", a female I whelped 4 years ago now owned by Rick and Jill Heare, whom are the Breeders of Record on this Litter.

The bigger brag for me in this is, this is the 4th pup from that litter that has placed in Trials at such a young age. They are showing all of the traits and potential I had hoped for when I suggested and arranged this breeding for Rick and Jill.

Littermate sister Fritter, "Slate Rock Bella-Fritz's Fritter" owned by Rick and Jill Heare; placed 3rd in the Open Derby at the April 10th-12th GSP Club of Ohio Trial on the same PA Brit grounds handled by Joe Orndorff on her 1st Birthday in what I believe may have only been her 2nd Trial run.

Littermates sister and brother Mae, "Miller's Mischievous Maebyn VD Himmel JH" owned by Doug and Heather Miller and Fin, Finley's Palmetto Promise VD Himmel owned by Jordan LaSeta, at 8 months old had earned there NAVHDA NA's, and at 10 months Mae finished her Junior Title and then in the same weekend she finished her JH, she won a 1st at Echoes Plantation in an AF Puppy Stake and Fin took a 3rd in that same stake in their very 1st Trial runs.

Not to be left out, but not under any Judgement other than the eyes of his owner Adam Benson and his friends while hunting Sharptails, Chickens and Pheasants in South Dakota this year; Cash, "Almost Heaven's Daddy's Paycheck" at 5 months old had his 1st Sharptails and Chickens shot over him and through the course of the season last year in SD on Sharptails, Chickens and Pheasants had 70 birds shot over his points by the time he was 10 months old. Now that is getting it done!

As a Breeder, when we research, plan and set goals for a breeding, these are the kinds of results we are hoping for. To say I'm tickled with the results thus far on this breeding, would be an understatement!