Missouri Pictures

Some random pictures of the past couple weeks.

A BIG congrats to Elmingo's Pacific Eider MH (Shaq x Miikka-2007) who became Qualified All-Age at a trial in BC last week-end!!  The Miikka/Shaq pups have had a great couple of weeks.

A picture of Stanley and me running puppy marks.  Stanley is also a Shaq pup and he is quite the character.  Notice our choice of retrieving items that particular day.

Miss Yellow from Darbi's recent litter is now "Asia" (Elmingo's Shanghai Surprise).  She is now in Ontario with her new owner and doing wonderful.

And while Asia was showing off her great retrieving skills, Ahti demonstrates what she does best.  That is sleeping on my dirty training shoes.

Libby is becoming all grown up!  She is running land and water blinds, multiple marks with retired guns and is still an all out clown.  She looks so much like mommy Miikka that it's eerie sometimes.  Libby is really starting to come on in training and it looks like she and I will have much fun at field trials in the years to come.

We've been training in Missouri this week and last.  Nice to get out of the Texas heat.  The property is gorgeous!  This is just one of the many ponds on the place we are training at.  This property is owned by Bill and Becky Eckett.

There are quite a few resident geese at Blackwater Retrievers.  This one stood out.

And introducing Otto (Horsetooth's Otto Know).  He is by FC AFC Dare To Dream and out of a QAA female.  He is one week older then Stanley and an absolutely wonderful puppy.

Now you know why it's called Marcy's Daycare at training sometimes.  These little guys are a full time job.