You will see a lot of different titles on our dogs. Some of these titles are only available for certain breeds, and others we pursue based on a dogs individual preference.
Performance Titles: Hunting Titles
All of our dogs are part of the "Sporting Dog (AKC)" or "Gun Dog (UKC)" groups, which means they are all eligible for Hunting Titles and Field Trial titles. Currently we only run Hunt Tests. All of our dogs do have Field Trial Champions in their pedigrees and our dogs are certainly capable of learning these trials, but we are relatively new, so we are focusing on Hunt Tests only at this time.
UKC Hunting titles are:
SHR - Started Hunting Retriever
HR - Hunting Retriever
UH- Upland Hunting Retriever
HRCH - Champion Hunting Retriever
GRHRCH - Grand Hunting Retriever Champion (This may have a number by it, indicating how many times the dog passed the National Grand)
AKC Hunting Titles:
JH - Junior Hunter
SH - Senior Hunter
MH - Master Hunter
MNH - Master National Hunter
Jynx and Raven have been competing in UKC Hunt tests. Both of the studs we used for their current litters also compete and are titled in the Hunting Retriever Club. The sires of the litters, as well as both labs parents have AKC hunt titles as well. Raven and Jynx will begin competing in AKC Hunt tests in 2022.
Lily Belle (springer) and Fergus (Field Spaniel) are both training for the Spaniel Hunt tests. Both spaniels will begin competing in 2022.
Companion Sport Titles
Companion Titles are various dog sports that are open to any breed. These include obedience, agility, rally obedience, dock diving, Fast Cat, and the list goes on. These are fun sports you can do with your dog, and really any breed can do well.
Lily Belle competes in Obedience, Rally Obedience, and is learning drafting. She is currently one working on her Rally Championship (RACH) and we anticipate her achieving this in 2022. She is also working on her next obedience title.
Raven also competes in Rally Obedience as well as Tricks. She is a fun dog who loves to please and show off!
Jynx is an amazing dock diver! She was invited to the NADD Nationals in 2020. We took a break from it this year due to her current litter. You can't dock dive with puppies in your belly! Jynx also is our most advanced Drafting dog. This also is on hold until after puppies.
Fergus is our up and coming puppy! He is working on his first obedience title! We expect great things from this guy in the near future. Once he hits his full growth at 2, we will be able to compete him in whatever dog sport he finds he likes. He comes from parents who excelled at Fast Cat- so maybe we will be trying out this new sport!
Conformation
Both Lily Belle and Fergus come from Champion Show (Conformation) lines. This is a brand new game for us to learn. There are many professional handlers in this game so we are slowly catching up. Hopefully we will be able to do more Conformation shows in 2022!
