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This Website was inspired by "Casey" the PL & "Flash of Mischief".
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| Retrieving (Then & Now) | Pointing/Retrieving-Gun Dog/"Gamer" | ||||
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Taffey was retrieving to hand at less than seven weeks old and now at ten years old, she is a finished dog with multiple titles and has assumed the title of Kwick pack leader. What a great journey it has been! She has few things left to do in terms of firsts, and another was taken care of this fall - her first canvasback. She had her puppies awhile back and is still the pack leader of Kooly, her yellow "fireball" daughter...Daisy and Gunny....the youngest Kwick "Dustbucket". In the early fall of 2005, on September 10th, she passed the fourth HRC Finished hunt test and earned her HRCH title. On the 25th of September she earned her 5th AKC Master Hunter pass for the MH title. Since then, Taffey has spent a couple hunting seasons harassing pheasants in South Dakota, hiding from geese in northern Illinois and many sessions "doing" waterfowl on the Mississippi. This year Taffey and I are the same age. |
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 may see Taffey's pups doing some of the same things she has done. She 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 what she loves and excels at...hunting. Taffey will spend a lot of time hunting and being a skilled "test dog" before training the younger KwickLabs, The 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 2nd 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 is almost a guarantee. |
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 HR Kwick Daisy's Spirit Keeper SH Mississippi River - Iowa Opener (2nd split, day 2, 2009)
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HR Kwick Draw McGraw 
KwickLabs Sept., 2006 