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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! She 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 still the pack leader of Kooly, her daughter, yellow, "fireball"........Daisy and son Gunny.......the youngest Kwick "Dustbucket".
In the early fall of 2005, on 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 two hunting seasons harassing pheasants in
South Dakota, hiding from geese in northern Illinois
and scouring
the big waters of pool 13 on the mighty Mississippi River for diver and puddle ducks.
In 2010, Taffey and I were "the same age" - 70. |
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.
However, she can still do
all of what
she
loves and
excels at.....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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