I’m proud to announce Gunnar is now Grand Champion Dynata’s Bound to Huntmore JH!! He went Best of Breed both days at the Longview show to finish his new title. Gunnar finished his title in 4 weekends of shows with all majors – 6 Best of Breed wins and 1 Best of Opposite win.
To top off the weekend, Gunnar made the cut in the group ring both days!! This boy is really maturing and starting to get recognized!
Gunnar, Gabi and I went down to Houston for the World Series of Dog Shows held at Reliant Center. This is a huge event with the Texas Gulf Coast Vizsla Club Specialty on Thursday, followed by three days of all breed shows. Gabi just came down for the ride and to keep Gunnar company! While Gunnar showed well for me all four days, he was recognized by the judges on two days.
He had a HUGE Best of Breed win on Friday, winning over the #1 and #4 dog in the country along with other very nice specials in the ring! And on Saturday he took Best of Opposite to the #1 dog. Needless to say, I was so very happy and proud of my boy!
Gunnar is now home for good from bird dog camp! He got to relax and get back in the groove of being at home for a couple of weeks and then it’s back to work in the show ring! We showed at the Dallas show this past weekend with some tough competition – one dog in the top ten and another in the top 25! Well, Gunnar showed very well all three days for me, and showed he can compete too by going Best of Breed on Saturday!! It was a very nice win for us!!
Today is Gabi’s 4th birthday! I can’t believe how fast time has gone! Gabi is the sole reason I’m so involved in all this dog “stuff” – Conformation, Rally, Hunt Tests, Field Trials, and now Agility!! Thank you Gabi for keeping life fun and always interesting! She is an amazing girl that continues to amaze Shawn and I. She has taught us so much…just like Shawn remembered, he showed up at her first Hunt Test wearing shorts and sandals! LOL!! Boy have lessons been learned! We love you Gabi!!
I picked up Gunnar from bird dog training for a weekend of pampering and love. Oh, and I also made him work in the show ring! Gunnar showed in Denton this past weekend and picked up two more Best of Breed wins!! He was a little wild on the end of the lead and you could tell we hadn’t gotten to practice much, but he still did well enough to win. I had to drop him back off on Sunday afternoon…back to life in the outdoor kennel. Only 6 more weeks and he’ll get to come home for good! We miss our wiggle butt!
The weekend before that, I took Gunnar out with his half brother Rio and his owner Lorraine. Rio and Gunnar are in training together. We took them to a near by baseball field to have some fun on their day off of training. Click on the photo below to see their pictures!
AH’s Little Trouble Maker – A.K.A. Hershey, Hersh, Old Man, Buddy – June 10, 1996 – April 5, 2010
This has been a very hard post to write. We suffered a great loss on Monday, April 5th when Hershey passed away on his own due to congestive heart failure. He had been coughing a little every now and then and I knew this was a symptom of heart failure. He had been diagnosed with a slightly congestive heart years ago, but had never shown signs of it getting worse.
I took him to the vet on Saturday, and the vet did confirm that his heart murmur was at a 5 on a scale of 1 to 6. He was still his happy self on Saturday and even went out into the big back yard to do some sniffing around. Sunday was pretty much normal until that night when he wasn’t interested in eating his hard food. I attempted to get him to eat by giving him canned food and he scarfed it right up, so I wasn’t too concerned. But Sunday night he was up most of the night coughing and I tried to comfort him as best I could while he rested in bed with us.
Monday morning, I knew he wasn’t doing well and thought I would have another 24-48 hours to make “the decision” if he didn’t get any better. Hershey had always been a fighter with all the health issues he had over the past decade, but I guess he was just tired of fighting. Shawn and I got home to find he had already passed.
We have since gotten his ashes back and they rest on our dresser in our bedroom. Hershey was such a kind and loving dog that will never be replaced in our hearts. He was my first dog that I ever purchased on my own and was my sole responsibility of taking care of. I hope I did a good job in his eyes.
We will always love you Hershey, and you will never be forgotten.
Last weekend, Gunnar showed at the Ft. Worth shows and went Best of Breed both days! He showed really well in groups too! This will be Gunnar’s last shows for awhile. He will be going off to bird dog camp where he will be taught to stop chasing birds. He will be there for three months, but we’ll take him out for a weekend escape to show in Denton in May. We had two really good weekends in the show ring, but now it’s time for him to really work! It’s easy for him to be handsome! 
We traveled down to Houston for the Texas Gulf Coast Vizsla Club’s Spring Specialty last weekend. It was a three day show with the specialty on Friday. Although Gunnar did not win the BISS, he did take Best of Breed the next day!! This is his biggest win yet with 30 dogs defeated! It was a GREAT win for him as we had some good dogs in the ring with us. Here is a picture of his nice rosette and I’ll update with the winning photo when I get it in the mail!
Here is the winning photo:
On February 11-12, 2010 the DFW area got record amount of snowfall – DFW Airport recorded 12.5 inches of snow, blowing away the previous record of 7.8 inches!
The dogs had an absolute blast playing in all the white stuff! Here’s Gunnar taking a moment to strike a pose:
To see the slide show of more snow day pictures, click on the picture below:
Well, Gabi did it in STYLE!! She earned her Master Hunter title with back to back qualifying runs this past weekend!! She is now CH Smooth As Velvet Gabriella RN MH! I am so proud to have this wonderful girl as my first Vizsla.
