Belle’s going to have her paws full keeping these ten pups clean and fed. She won’t be getting any help from Wild Apple Jack as he’s expected to act like a dog when it comes to raising the family. Although in about 7 weeks a couple of the pups will be coming over here and […]
Author Archives: Craig Doherty
Long and Consistent Career
Some dogs seem to develop young, do a lot of winning and then disappear from the field trial scene for a variety of reasons. In Wild Apple Jack’s case his five championship wins and one runner-up championship placement have come over a long and limited career. Long in that he won the Grand National when […]
Over/Under on Belle’s Puppies
Belle on 1/31 Pat Forrest sent over a picture of Belle today. She was bred to Jack on December 5th and is therefore due Wednesday, February 6th. Considering the problems we’ve had getting puppies this winter, it’s good to see that there’s at least one Jack litter on the ground. I’m getting 2 of these. […]
The Making of a Champion
(Shortly after Wild Apple Jack won the Grand National in 2007 I wrote the following back page editorial for Field Trial Magazine. Jack is now nine and headed towards the end of a great career. It will still be a few weeks before we start getting Jack ready to go to the Invitational so I […]