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Left: Sadie, a member of the Peters family, and Brittany Frank enjoying another successful hunt. Above: Sadie retrieving one of the 100s of ducks she has delivered over the last two years. Sadie was born in 2021 and is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) |
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New Junior Hunter Ribbons!
Terrawest Lucky's For Pete's Sake (left) earned his sixth AKC Junior Hunter ribbon at the 2025 Sand and Sage. His younger brother, Loudon's Labradors Diamond Reo, earned his first AKC Junior Hunter pass that same weekend. Also in 2025, Pete earned his third NAHRA Hunter ribbon and Rio earned his first NAHRA started ribbon.
Critter Creek Boom Boom Boom, JH
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Terrawest Lucky's For Pete's Sake (Pete), had a busy 2024 earning four NAHRA Started ribbons and two NAHRA Hunter ribbons (left). Pete also accumulated several AKC Junior Hunter ribbons (above). Pete was sired by our John Lee: Critter Creek Boom Boom Boom, JH
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New Junior Hunter Title! Tattle Tail's Little Brown Spitfire, RE, CGCU Congrats to Eric and Rainey! Rainey is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD MH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes) |
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New Title! Critter Creek Marley Magic Earned her Novice Nosework title from United Kennel Club. This title requires the dog to sucessfully complete mutiple searches in containers, interior, exterior and vehicle situations in a specified time. Marley is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD MH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes) |
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Great 2023 Hunt Dakota Finney and three generations of her family on a successful Iowa hunt. Right: Dakota with her owner, Scott. Dakota is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and
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New Ribbon! HR Leitner Farms Daisy Dukes of Sunny Height's, JH, and Meredith earned their first HRC Finished pass at North East Washington Retriever Club (NEWGDC) September 3, 2023. |
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New Title! Critter Creek Born Under a Good Sign (Etta) completed her HRC Started title August 5-6, 2023. Etta is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) |
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New Ribbons! Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto, left) earned her first HRC Seasoned pass at the June 18, 2023 SBDA hunt test. Lotto missed out on tests during the Pandemic and last year due to an injury so now we are trying to make up for lost time. NEWS: Lotto earned her second Seasoned pass September 3, 2023 at the NEWGDC Hunt Test. Lotto is out of: Sire: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Dam: Lazy M Place Your Bet, CDX MH Critter Creek Born Under A Good Sign (Etta, right) earned her first two HRC Started passes June 17-18 at the SBDA hunt test. Etta is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) and Dam: Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto)
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New Titles! Loudon's Lucky Destiny BN RN CGC TKN earned her Rally Intermediate and Beginner Novice titles March 3, 2023. Lucky is out of John Lee's first litter.
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Tattle Tale's Epic Adventures at Critter Creek, CD, JH, RI, CGC, TKI went Winner's Bitch and Best of Winners at the Idaho Capital City Kennel Club October 15, 2022 under judge Larry Abbott for two points! Her sire, Turbo, went Winner's Dog. Epic is owned by KC Owens and trained and handled by Kristi Urban Epic is also trained as a diabetes alert dog and is "spokesdog" for Tattle Tail, LLC. Epic is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD SH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes) |
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New Title! SHR Leitner Farms Daisy Dukes of Sunny Height's, JH, earned her Seasoned HRC (HR) title at North East Washington Retriever Club (NEWGDC) September 4, 2022. Daisy joined Critter Creek in Apil, 2021. It was Meredith's first time running HRC after 30 years of AKC tests. Daisy did a great job and held fast as Meredith learned the ropes of a new game. Daisy is out of: Sire: GRHRCH (4) Tiger's Come on Homeboy, MH, MNH Dam: Luna Marie Waterfowlers Wet Dream, MH |
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Critter Creek Ruby Lee Reynolds, SH (Ruby) and her owner, Tim, finished their AKC Senior Hunter title at the Evergreen Golden Retriever Club test June 25, 2022. Congrats to Tim and Ruby for accomplishig this together. Tim and Ruby are looking forward to a great 2022-2023 hunting season. Ruby is owned and handled by Tim Hatcher. Congratulations! Ruby is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) Dam: Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto)
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Critter Creek Ruby Lee Reynolds (Ruby) and her owner, Tim, got their fourth AKC Senior Hunter pass at the North Idaho Retriever Club test June 4, 2022. They ran a great test and got lots of compliments! Ruby is owned and handled by Tim Hatcher. Congratulations! Ruby is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) Dam: Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto) Note: the Ruby in the next brag is from the same litter, but different dog! |
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New Titles! Critter Creek Bonus Round (Honey) and Critter Creek Double Down (Ruby) finished their HRC started titles at the Kansas City HRC, May 21-22, 2022 Honey and Ruby are owned, trained and handled by Ken and Carol Johnson. Congratulations! Honey and Ruby are out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH SHR WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) Dam: Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto)
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New Title! Leitner Farms Daisy Dukes of Sunny Height's, JH, with the help of our friend Ellen Ziegler, earned her Started HRC (SHR) title at North East Washington Retriever Club (NEWGDC) September 4, 2021. Daisy joined Critter Creek in Apil, 2021. Congratulations to Ellen and Daisy who work well together ! On the following weekend, Daisy and Ellen earned their second Seasoned pass toward Daisy's Seasoned HRC title.
Daisy is out of: Sire: GRHRCH (4) Tiger's Come on Homeboy, MH, MNH Dam: Luna Marie Waterfowlers Wet Dream, MH
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New Title! Tattle Tail's Epic Adventures with Critter Creek, RI, CGD, TKI, CD and Kristi earned their Junior Hunter (JH) title at MacKay, ID July 17, 2021. Congratulations to Kristi and Epic who make a great team! Epic is owned by KC Owens and trained and handled by Kristi Urban
Epic is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD SH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes) |
Tattle Tail's Epic Adventures with Critter Creek, RI, CGD, TKI, CD and Kristi earned their Second Junior Hunter (JH) pass in Island Park, ID June 26, 2021 and third pass at Treasure Valley in Idaho on June 5, 2021. Epic is owned by KC Owens and trained and handled by Kristi Urban Epic is also trained as a diabetes alert dog and is "spokesdog" for Tattle Tail, LLC. Epic is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD SH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes)
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Critter Creek Boom Boom Boom and Meredith earned his Junior Hunter title at the North Idaho Retriever Club in Espanola, WA June 5-6, 2021 John Lee is out of: |
Critter Creek Bonus Round earned her first two HRC started passes at the Whistling Wings HRC in Monroe, WA June 5-6, 2021 Honey is 20 months old and owned by Ken and Carol Johnson. Congratulations! Honey is out of: Sire:U-CH IntCH WindyCanyon's Royal Russet CD BN RN JH CGC (Russell) Dam: Lazy M Winning Ticket (Lotto)
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Tattle Tail's Epic Adventures with Critter Creek, RI, CGD, TKI, CD and Kristi earned their first Junior Hunter (JH) pass at the Wastch Hunting Retriever Club Memorial Weekend test May 28, 2021. Epic and Kristi earned their second JH pass in Island Park, ID June 26, 2021. Epic is owned by KC Owens and trained and handled by Kristi Urban Epic is also trained as a diabetes alert dog and is "spokesdog" for Tattle Tail, LLC. Epic is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD SH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes) |
Tattle Tail's Epic Adventures with Critter Creek, RI, CGD, TKI can now add Companion Dog (CD) obedience title to her name! Epic is owned by KC Owens and trained and handled by Kristi Urban Epic is also trained as a diabetes alert dog and is "spokesdog" for Tattle Tail, LLC. Epic is out of: Sire:U-CH Intl CH WindyCanyon Y-Nott Brown UD BN RA TD SH AAP AJP AFP THDA CGC (Turbo) Dam: HR Critter Creek She is More Than Ducky, JH (three SH passes)
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Congratulations to Joan, Chanel and Fancy HR Critter Creek Coco Chanel, SH and HR Critter Creek She is More than Ducky, JH both earned their HRC Seasoned titles 8/31/19 at Northeast Washington Gun Dog Club. Congratulations to Joan, Fancy and Chanel! Chanel is out of: Sire: AFC Trulines Wild Son, MH,QAA Dam: MHR Critter Creek Worth a Million MH Fancy is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Rozihills Mesa on the Horizon, JH
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Critter Creek Cinder Sue (right) and Critter Creek Dakota had an excellent South Dakota hunt in November, 2018 with owner, Scott Finney, and his father. Cinder is out of: Critter Creek's Raven Cajun, SH and
Dakota is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and
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Critter Creek Coco Chanel, SH earns her first Master Hunter ribbon 5/26/18 at Salt Lake City, the Wasatch Hunting Retriever Club. Congratulations to Joan and Chanel! Chanel is out of: Sire: AFC Trulines Wild Son, MH, QAA Dam: MHR Critter Creek Worth a Million MH
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Critter Creek More than Just Ducky, JH earns her third Senior Hunter ribbon at the North Idaho Retriever Club June 2-3, 2018 Congratulations to Joan and Fancy! Fancy is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Rozihills Mesa on the Horizon, JH
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Critter Creek Coco Chanel, SH earns her first two HRC Seasoned ribbons at the Northeast Washington Gun Dog Club September 8-9, 2018 Congratulations to Joan and Chanel! Chanel is out of: Sire: AFC Trulines Wild Son, MH, QAA Dam: MHR Critter Creek Worth a Million MH
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Critter Creek More than Just Ducky, JH earns her first two HRC Seasoned ribbons at the Northeast Washington Gun Dog Club September 8-9, 2018. Congratulations to Joan and Fancy! Fancy is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Rozihills Mesa on the Horizon, JH
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Critter Creek Jersey Girl, MH earns her Master Hunter title at Backwater Retriever Club in Illinois, September 8, 9 and 10. Congrats to Jersey and her owners Hope and Ivan. Jersey was trained by John and Nancy Miner of Miner's Kennel. Jersey is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere's Liberty Bell, JH, CGC |
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Oliver and his handler/owner Eric passed their first Search and Rescue certification ! Oliver had15 minutes to find two victims and he found them both in three minutes!! They head to Omaha in October for their FEMA certification.
Oliver and his handler/owner Eric training for their FEMA Search and Rescue certification April, 2017 Oliver is out of Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH Oliver is out of Muddy and Belle's 2014 litter (littermate to Shooter and Pitch, below). |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Critter Creek Coco Chanel, SH She earned her SENIOR title August 6, 2017 at the Helena Valley Gun Dog Club in Montana at 25 months old. Chanel is owned by Joan Sharpless (hiding under the hat!) Sire: Trulines Wild Son, MH Dam: MHR Critter Creek Worth a Million MH
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Critter Creek Kobe Rocks (Raven X Whiskey 2011) earned his AKC Senior Hunter title at the Las Vegas hunt test in February, 2017. Kobe is handled by Dan Hosford and owned by Ken Smith from Cataldo, ID. Kobe is out of Critter Creek's Raven Cajun, SH and He is a full sibling to Critter Creek Stella, JH and Critter Creek Brandy Big Valley, MH (see below)
In November of 2016, Kobe earned 6 out of 10 points toward his Canadian conformation championship( CanCH). |
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Oliver and his handler/owner Eric training for their FEMA Search and Rescue certification April, 2017 Oliver is out of Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH Oliver is out of Muddy and Belle's 2014 litter (littermate to Shooter and Pitch, below). |
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Critter Creek Pitch a Wang Dang Doodle (Pitch) earned her Junior Hunter title July 24, 2016 at our home club, Northeast Washington Gun Dog Club. Pitch is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH CGC Pitch and Chanel are first cousins--Muddy and Fortune are siblings. |
Critter Creek Coco Chanel (Chanel) earned her Junior Hunter title July 24, 2016 at our home club, Northeast Washington Gun Dog Club. Chanel is out of: |
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Critter Creek Pitch a Wang Dang Doodle (Pitch) earned her first two Junior Hunter passes June 4 and 5, 2016 at the North Idaho Retriever Club. Pitch is out of: |
Critter Creek More than Just Ducky (left) finished her Junior Hunter title June 4, 2016 and earned a fifth ribbon on June 5 at the North Idaho Retriever Club. Critter Creek Coco Chanel earned her first two Junior passes June 4 and 5. Congrats to Joan Sharpless, owner and trainer of Fancy and Chanel! Fancy is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Rozihills Mesa on the Horizon, JH Chanel is out of: Trulines Wild Son, MH QAA (Nike) and WR-SR Critter Creek Worth a Million, MH
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Critter Creek Jersey Girl, JH earns her Senior Hunter title in back-to-back weekends with four straight passes, titling May 13, 2016.
Congrats to Jersey and her owners Hope and Ivan. Jersey was trained by John and Nancy Miner of Miner's Kennel. Jersey is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere's Liberty Bell, JH, CGC |
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Critter Creek Shot in the Dark, JH (Shooter) completes her Junior Hunter title at the Kansas City Retriever Club in Sedalia, Missouri September 7, 2015. She was handled by her owner, Tod. Shooter is out of Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH Congrats to Shooter and Tod and good luck in future Hunt Tests!
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Oliver is being trained by his owner, Eric, to be a Search and Rescue (SAR) dog. The organization is Iowa Task Force 1 and he is training to be a disaster search dog. He is training for wilderness search as well as structural collapse. Eric says he has even had Oliver rappelling and riding on four-wheelers. Oliver is out of Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH Oliver is out of Muddy and Belle's 2014 litter (littermate to Shooter, below). Pedigree |
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Critter Creek Shot in the Dark (Shooter) earns her first Junior Hunter pass at Missouri Valley Hunt Club in Valley, NE June 6, 2015. She was handled by her owner, Tod. Shooter is out of Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere Liberty Bell, JH Congrats to Shooter and Tod and good luck in future Hunt Tests!
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Critter Creek Brandy Big Valley earns her Master Hunter title at Backwater Retriever Club April 11, 2015. Brandy is out of Critter Creek's Raven Cajun, SH and Riorock's Whiskey N' Honey. Congrats to Brandy and her owners Hope and Ivan. Brandy was trained and handled by John and Nancy Miner of Miner's Kennel.
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Critter Creek Jersey Girl, JH earns her Junior Hunter title in back-to-back weekends with four straight passes, titling May 18, 2014. Jersey was 16 months old at the time. Jersey was handled by her owner, Hope, and it was Hope's first time running a dog in a hunt test. Congrats to Jersey and her owners Hope and Ivan. Jersey was trained by John and Nancy Miner of Miner's Kennel. Jersey is out of: Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH and Justamere's Liberty Bell, CGC, JH
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Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CDX, MH Muddy completed his Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) obedience title on February 8, 2014. He completed his title with one second place and two first place ribbons. This was my first time training a dog to the CDX level. Muddy was a willing student and we had a lot of fun!
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Critter Creek Worth a Million, MH Qualifies for the 2013 Master National, THEN passes five MH tests in a row toward the 2014 Master National! 9/07/2013 Greater Pacific NW Retriever Trial Club
Congratulations to Fortune and her owner, Joan Sharpless! We will be tracking her progress at the 2013 Master National in Kansas September 21-29. Fortune is full sister to our Muddy.
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Rozihills Mesa on the Horizon earns two more Junior Hunter passes at the Lake Country Retriever Club June 22 and 23, 2013. She earned her first JH pass at the Mid-Iowa Retriever Club HT June 2, 2013. Mesa needs one more pass for her Junior Hunter title. Mesa joined Critter Creek in October of 2012
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Critter Creek Brandy Big Valley earns her Senior Hunter title with five straight passes May 12, 2013 at 26 months old! The following weekend, May 20th, Brandy earned her first Master pass! Congrats to Brandy and her owners Hope and Ivan. Brandy was trained and handled by John and Nancy Miner. Brandy is out of: Critter Creek's Raven Cajun, SH and
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Critter Creek Zippity Do Da, MH (left) and his sister, Critter Creek Worth a Million, MH both earned qualifying ribbons at the Idaho Retriever Club April 20, 2013 hunt test. This pass qualifies Fortune for the 2013 Master National. Zippy and Fortune are full siblings from repeat breedings of : Merganser's Ferris Bueler, MH and Critter Creek's Scarlett Gem, JH Fortune is a full sister to our Muddy, Critter Creek Muddy Waters, CD, MH
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Creek Muddy Waters, CD, MH earns his Companion Dog (CD) title in back-to-back weekends with three straight passes! |
Belle completed her Junior Hunter title September 29, 2012at the Skunk River Retriever Club
Justamere Liberty Bell earned three Junior Hunter passes in two weekends July and August, 2012 |
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Critter Creek Zippity Do Da, MH Earns his MH at Wastach Hunting Retriever Club in Utah, May 25-28 That same weekend Zippy qualified for the 2012 Master National! Congrats to owner, Joan Sharpless, and trainer Katie Quarles. Joan is the proud owner of Zippy's older sister, Fortune who is also qualfiied for the 2012 Master National.
Photo: Trainer Katie Quarles and Zippy with his qualifying ribbons |
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Critter Creek Stella goes four straight passes for her Junior Hunter title, titling at the Golden Retriever Club of Illinois June 6, 2012. Congrats to Stella and her owner, Les. Stella was handled by John and Nancy Miner. |
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Critter Creek Brandy Big Valley earns her Junior Hunter title at the Mid-Illinois Hunt test May 5 and 6, 2012! Congrats to Brandy and her owners Hope and Ivan. Brandy was trained and handled by John and Nancy Miner.
At the same test, Brandy's sister, Critter Creek Stella, also earned two JH passes. Congrats to Stella's ower, Les. Stella was trained and handled by the Miners.
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Critter Creek Brandy Big Valley earns her first two JH passes Brandy, who just turned one year old March 28th, ran at the Backwater Retriever Club HT March 31 and April 1, 2012. She was handled by John Miner. Congrats to Brandy and her owners Hope and Ivan |
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Critter Creek Zippity Do Da, SH earns his first MH pass Northern California HT March 25, 2012 Congrats to Zippy and his owner, Joan Sharpless |
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Creek Worth a Million, MH qualifies
for the 2012 Master National! This will be Fortune's second qualification for the Master National. She ran and qualified at the 2011 Master National. |
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A Star is Born!
The show will follow Kobe's training from a young pup through all the stages of gun dog training. Dan will also feature other dogs at various training stages to demonstrate actual hunting situations and issues encountered. Here's a link to an article about the show: Landing Zone on Sportsman's Channel
Kobe is owned by Ken Smith from Cataldo, ID.
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NEWS FLASH!! FORTUNE QUALIFIES AT THE 2011 MASTER NATIONAL!! Congratulations Joan and Fortune. Joan would like to thank trainer/handler Katie Quarles for the great performance at the National.
Fortune and Katie at the Master National Critter Creek Worth a Million, MH out of Intl CH Critter Creek's Scarlett Gem, JH
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Critter Creek Zippity Do Da, SH (Zippy)
Intl CH Critter Creek's Scarlett Gem, JH
Earned his Senior title 9/10/2011 at the North Idaho Retriever Club
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Critter Creek Muddy Waters, MH Muddy completed his Master title at Backwater Retriever Club, Sept. 11, 2010
Out of and Intl CH Critter Creeks Scarlett Gem, JH Meredith and Muddy at Backwater Retriever Club September 11, 2010 Muddy titled on Saturday and had a clean test on Sunday for his 6th pass. My apologies to Muddy for being out of practice as a Master level handler--we would have gotten there quicker without my "handler errors"! |
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