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Taffey was retrieving to hand at less
than seven
weeks old and now at ten years old, she's a happy
finished dog with multiple titles and has assumed
the title of the "Kwick pack leader". What a great
journey it has been! Taffey has a few goals left to
attain in terms of firsts and another was taken care
of this fall - her 1st
canvasback. She had her
puppies
awhile back and is the pack leader of Kooly, her
daughter (yellow, "fireball") Daisy and son Gunny
(the youngest Kwick "Dustbucket").
In the early fall of 2005 (September 10th) she passed
the 4th HRC Finished test and easily earned her
HRCH title. On the 25th of September she earned her
5th AKC Master Hunter pass for an MH title. Since
then, Taffey has spent several hunting seasons
harassing pheasants in South Dakota, retrieving big
geese in northern Illinois and working pool 13 of the
mighty Mississippi River for geese, divers and
puddle ducks.
In 2010, Taffey and I were "the same age" - 70.
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The puppy that loved to retrieve and locked up on a
ten second, trembling and natural point before she
went
home has now succeeded in
passing on her
talents. The future will feature Taffey's pups doing
some of the same things
she has done. Taffey has
retired from being an outstanding upland guide dog
and her times in the marsh, woods and fields are
being
carefully selected. In addition, she will continue
to do
all of what
she
loves and excels at.....duck and
goose hunting.
Taffey spends a time
hunting and being a skilled test
dog while training the younger KwickLabs,
A few
pointing "shoot-to-retrieve" competitions
are history
and hunt tests are not in the picture. Taffey's first litter
was by FC AFC HRCH Taylorlab Downtown Dusty
Brown MH. He was the Top Derby Dog
of 2004 and
second place WRC finisher in 2005. Those pups are
doing
quite well with their
new owners. In 2007,
Taffey had another pup by
Dusty. With Daisy and
Gunny in the pack, an exciting future was almost a
guarantee.
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