I got back to New Hampshire in the wee hours of Monday after driving straight through from Kentucky.  The woodcock in Kentucky had already hatched as I had dogs point a hen with four tiny chicks and an empty nest in another location.  It’s been cold here at home with two mornings in single digits […]

On Monday, March 28, 2016, field trialers and their dogs from Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire assembled at the Miller Welch Central Kentucky Wildlife Management Area for the running of the American Bird Hunters Association National Championship and its companion Kentucky Derby Classic. Miller-Welch is located between Richmond and Berea, Kentucky and comprises […]

The morning of March 18, 2016 was frosty and clear when judges Brian Ralph and Chad Wheeler signaled for the first brace of the ABHA Midwest Regional Championship to be turned loose on the farm of Will Dunn in Lebanon, KY. Mr. Dunn is well known in field trial circles for his winning all-age dogs […]

  I’ve been at this dog thing for almost 30 years now, so, I have a pretty good idea as to what it takes to win.  But sometimes a dog can develop into even more than you hoped when you first start working.  That was the case with Wild Apple Spot On who, as you […]