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 […]
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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 […]
Good News and Bad
heard from George Johnson yesterday with the news that Wild Apple Jack will receive his fifth invite to the Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational to be held in April in Gladwin, Michigan. At first I din’t think I’d be able to accept due to obligations at home but Tony was thinking about going out […]