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We had a wet, windy and cold weekend in Bonham! Lee Telling joined me for the trip and we left with snow flurries falling on Friday afternoon. Saturday morning found us shuffling retrievers at the Master test and the cold would show no mercy. Anyway, on Sunday, we had three Stellar Senior dogs score qualifying tests. Here they are:

Sway, owned by Doug Bishop of LaGrange, secured her 3rd Senior Pass!
One to go for a Senior title.

Cody, a chocolate lab owned by Steve Hoppas, smoked out his 3rd Senior pass.
He too, just needs to pass one more test for his Senior title.

Cody, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever owned by Penny Watkins, passed for his Senior Hunter Title! Congratulations to both Penny and Cody! This Chessie has already scored his two majors in the show ring and is just a few points away from a big show title. As promised, here is his Stellar Retrievers mug shot:


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Saturday and Sunday had Lee and I slogging away in a difficult master test . The field of thirty was cut to seventeen in the first series. The test was run on stalwart technical water with cold, miserable weather. That being said, three master dogs managed to make the grade. Congratulations to:

Blackie
Idgie
Ray, owned by Bill and Lee Hanes of North Carolina. Ray is still on her game after the National!

That gets us wrapped up for the holidays so everyone stay tuned for more news and have a happy and safe holiday.
-Jack-