Whats New....trials and training!

It was a great year for us here in Montana and the winter has been fairly kind so far. The Partridge are beginning to pair up and condition's for dog work is premium.

Congratulations to Austin Turley and Railita for securing Dog of the year for Region 14, "Vi" won the National Amateur Pheasant Championship, placed RU in the Montana Shooting Dog championship and RU in the Idaho Open Shooting Dog championship.

Sammy finished on top in the Region 14 All Age derby and earned the traveling trophy till next year. 

Currently we are getting all the pups ready for the Pacific Coast Championships and the National Chukar Championships next month to be held in Sunnyside, Wa. and a weekend trial in Great Falls where training last week produced many finds.

New news has the Region 14 Shooting dog Championship coming to Circle in May, the Big Sky Field Trial Club moving the Spring Classic to Winifred, MT and adding an All Age Classic to the Shooting dog classic to be held April, 13, 14 and 15th. Yours truly will be the trial chairman and we are very excited about these news grounds. There will be six one hour courses on native prairie, farm and pasture land as well as sage flats, holding four species of birds.

UPCOMING TRIALS FOR 2012 IN MONTANA

CIRCLE, MONTANA: May 11 - 13, Region 14 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship
August 20 - 25, National Amateur Pheasant Shooting Dog Championship
August 26, Montana Derby
August 26 - 30, Montana Open Shooting Dog Championship

GREAT FALLS, MONTANA: March 10 & 11, Spring Club Trial
October 6 & 7, Fall Trial Club Trial
WINIFRED, MONTANA: April 14 & 15, Big Sky Open Shooting Dog Classic
SCOBEY, MONTANA: September 13 - 16, Sharptail Classic - Tentative!

UPCOMING TRIALS FOR 2012 IN REGION 14

For details: www.region14aftca.com

YOUNGSTOWN, ALBERTA:
SEPTEMBER 27 - 30, Alberta All Age Classic & Alberta Shooting Dog Classic
MORTLACH, SASKATCHEWAN:
APRIL 27 - 29, Club Trials
AUGUST 23 - 31, - Prairie All Age Championships
SEPTEMBER 6 - 10, Region 14 Amateur All Age Championship & National Amateur Chicken Championship
ARDATH, SASKATCHEWAN:
April 20 - 21, Club Trials

GLEISCHEN, ALBERTA:
May 26 - 28, Open All Age Classic & Open Shooting Dog Classic

STOUGHTON, SASKATCHEWAN:
September 1 - 5, Border International Championship

CORONATION, ALBERTA:
September 21 - 23, Club Trials





Tim Powell and Dick Sellers have been getting the pups out...

Huck here showing his natural ability at just 7 months old...

Tim also has a new addition, Longhollows Montana Belle, who is a one year old prospect.

 November's trip to Inola left us empty handed for placements but richer for fellowship and new friends...a big thanks to Mike Griffen and Jim Michaletz for advice and a pony to ride. Great crew down there in Oklahoma.

A little update....

The field trial world is a buzz with this recent announcement...

A new web based service, " to everyone interested in the sport, and offers special benefits through a web-based membership platform for individuals, organizations and businesses."

The last month has been busy with great weather, friends and good times.

Sammy placed first in the Open All Age derby in Great Falls....we finally got a placement that involved bird work and after dropping some weight off of him, we found his ideal size for getting consistent run out of him. I'm really happy with where we're at and getting close to breaking him.

In mid November, we're off to Kansas and the Inola field trial grounds in Oklahoma for the Region 8 AA Amatuer Championship. I'll be running Sammy's sire Hank (Prairie Crude), owned by Shawn and Glenn Conover in the Champiionship and maybe Sammy as well, then running Sammy in the open AA derby.

On the way home, we hope to join Ted for a couple of days of Quail hunting in Kansas.

I hope to keep y'all posted with photo's and updates.

Brad

Fánach III

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Opening days on the Prairie

Although a bit warm at times, we have had some stellar days for running dogs and pointing birds. When conditions are cooler we see plenty of birds.

Just a few images from our opening days....

2011 LUKE x SUZIE LITTER

Our 2011 litter was a grand success ! We had a fun " Puppy Picking" get together at Ryan Fortier's Long Hollow Kennels in Ellensburg, Wa. on August 11th. Pictured are some happy owners with their new pups.

Nine beautiful pups went to owners from Washington, Idaho, California and Montana. The " wing on a string " produced some nice puppy points and even a classy back by " Cash ".

  I think this guy named " Huck Finn " is going to be a hard charger ! Come back and visit us in November,  we should have some pics of these pups pointing their first wild birds, before this season is over.

Thanks,

Tim

Let the fun begin.....

Spent the weekend in Circle closing out the National Amateur Pheasant Championship, checking out the Montana shooting Dog Championship and running Sammy in the Montana Derby. The opportunity to meet some of the backbone of the Amatuer and Pro ranks of American Field as well as watch and learn from them was priceless.

Was excited to learn that Austin Turley won the Amateur with his Female Pionter Vi, a true bird dog and thats what you need to win on those grounds...the cover was thick and high to say the least and the temps were warm.

The Montana Open Derby was run on Sunday and the hard work seems to have paid of as my pionter Sammy placed second out of the 26 dogs drawn.

Next up we hope to run up to Canada for the National Amateur Chicken Championship in Mortlach, SK to see those grounds and possibly run Sammy in the broke stake just for experience.

Oh... and bird season is just seven days away! I'm continueing to hear good reports on the birds locally but elsewhere, primarily the NE part of Montana is down as all predicted.            



Another productive morning....

Rain welcomed us this morning....with the temps in the low 60's, we decided to check out some Honey-holes. I put Sammy on the ground first to give him the first shot at undistubed birds. I was real happy with the results. He had four finds and two stop to flushes, which I felt like he handled real well for an 18 month old pup. Three of his contacts were on healthy Sharptail broods, which was very exciting.

In this video....he pointed at 274 yards and stood till I arrived....

I aslo chose to run Teigen this morning, his tail seems to have recovered. He ran well and had three finds but still needs some work...tick tock, tick tock