January Field Trial season up-date. My club, the Greater Phoenix Brittany Club hosted the Western Futurities in Sonoita, Arizona this year. I entered Jack and am very pleased to say he came in 2nd.in the All Age Futurities. We were the only Amateurs in that stake. We also placed 2nd in Amateur Walking Derby and also 1st place in Amateur Walking Derby at the Ladder Ranch in New Mexco.

We had a good October with our new pup Jack winning a Blue and Red in New Mexico in Puppy and Derby. So far this year Jack has had two firsts and three second place finishes. Our gun dog, Charley had to stay home because she was in heat. She is still trying to get her last two points for her AFC (Amateur Field Champion).

We started our Barrel Work with the pups this past week and thought I would put a few of the older guys on the barrel as a show and tell.

Our pups are now seven and one half months old and we are well into the "come to me", "go with me" stage and now its time for the "Stand Still" part. After several weeks of this, depending on their progress, I will start them on the "Whoa Post". For many trainers this is the boring part. It's sort of like watching grass grow or paint dry. "No birds" right now because I want these guys to know what the whoa (stand still) command is before we go back to the field. Even when we go back to the field, there will be No Birds until I am convinced that they know the whoa command. Click on this picture for a slide show of the pups with a few grown-up and a Springer thrown in for good measure.

I am very proud to brag on my daughter, Tracy and our new Grandson, Isaac who came into our lives on December 26th. Congratulations to Tracy and her husband Randy!!

We are now waiting forJason and his lovely wife, Holly.for our next Grandchild due in April from my youngest son

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Enjoy,

Guy Shelander