Archive for November 24, 2023

Quest

For Sale: 6 month old female

Quest is still waiting for her forever human(s). She is a well balanced female; plenty of drives with a nice “off switch”. Quest is started in IGP tracking, obedience, and protection. We have plenty of videos of her doing all phases. She also enjoys our obstacle course.

Quest LOVES people, and is well behaved in public and in our home. As her name suggests, she is an adventure lover, and as a puppy gaining more confidence and independence, she is currently learning longline training.

We are NOT looking at offloading this beautiful girl. Her price will continue to go up as more training (and if need be) titles are put on her. Quest is DCM Clear by parentage (DNA tested), and comes from health tested and titled parents. You can see her pedigree here.

Quest is fully vaccinated, microchipped, CKC registered, and as you can see in the photos, has had her first grooming. She is also crate trained, and housebroken. She travels well in the vehicles, and walks well on a leash using a fursaver collar.

Ideally, Quest would go to a working or sport home where she can continue to flourish at what she’s bred for, however in fairness to her, we will consider an active companion home. If you’re interested in Quest, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.

October 2023 SO MUCH NEWS!

October was such a busy month, it’s taken me until November to update our website! Mostly I’m bogged down with so many amazing photos. I will post a few here now, and work on a gallery for the rest.

Sport Dog Trial

On the weekend of October 14th and 15th, our club The Sirius Working Dog Association celebrated its 20th anniversary by hosting a club trial in the sport of IGP. You can see all the results on our Facebook page, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll just announce the results of our own dogs.

Saturday

On Saturday, October 14th, Ron entered our Flirt aka Fyokla vom Gleinalmblick for her FPr1, (first level tracking degree). They had a nice track and a score of 89 points (out of 100).

Also on Saturday, Ron entered our boy Zeus vom Goldbergsee for his IGP2. This title includes tracking, obedience, and protection work. They had a good day and finished with a score of 93/88/85 with a TSB rating of “a” which means Pronounced in courage. Pictured here with DVG Judge Amanda Hoskinson, and our helper Benoît Maye.

Our final entry on Saturday was me and our girl Phyre von der Leidenschaft. Phyre is a very happy dog to work, but on trial day with so many distractions, we barely passed our BH! There is no score given for the BH, which is a combined obedience and temperament test, it’s a pass or fail. Fortunately Phyre’s amazing temperament showed stronger than the obedience of the day!

Sunday

On Sunday, October 15th, day two of our club trial, Ron entered Zeus for his IGP3. It’s challenging enough doing one three-phased title at a trial, to do two of them in one weekend is quite a feat! The lower score reflects the exacting level of judging for this, the highest degree in the sport.
Pictured here with me, Ron, our helper Benoît Maye, and DVG Judge Amanda Hoskinson, we celebrate Zeus’s IGP3 with a score of 86/84/80 and again with “a” Pronounced in courage.

Ron had hoped to achieve IGP1 with our Flirt this year but our “sweet and spicy girl” still had a long way to go for her dumbbell work, and control in protection. Ron chose to do the IBGH1 Obedience title instead, and they did a great job, earning 89 points.

It seems to be a tradition with me to trial a bitch in heat! Fortunately I had a good experience titling our girl Jade for her IGP1 (IN HEAT) back in October 2017 so it gave me the confidence I could recreate the event with Nevr. It wasn’t pretty but we got it done with scores 92/70/80 with the all important “a” Pronounced courage. The photo with me, Nevr, and Benoît Maye is an attempt to recreate the photo I had taken with Jade. Nevr is her niece, and shares a lot of the qualities I so loved about Jade.

Speaking of Nevr…

…daughter Qricket has found her people!

Staying local with our friends Jutta and Brad, Qricket will continue to train with our club alongside her new bro, Tucker!
The transition from our pack to their home was super easy and the bonding is going very well. Very excited she’ll still be a part of our lives.

And then there was Quest!

Quest continues to enjoy life here at Gnome Man’s Land. She runs with her momma Nevr, who is so good with her babies!
Quest is continuing to train in tracking, obedience, and protection. She’s a great sport prospect, or at the very least, a confident, active companion!
If you’re interested in Quest, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.