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Congratulations to Lee Hanes in North Carolina!

March/29/2010
I'm proud to to let you know Stellar's Sunny Ray owned by Bill and Lee Hanes of Winston-Salem, NC, passed the master hunt test this weekend at the Lumber River Ret. Club in Linden,NC. This was Lee's first time to handle Ray in a master test and what a great job they delivered! Good job Lee!
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Waterloo Retriever Club Spring Hunt Test

March/22/2010

Man oh, man, was Saturday windy and cold. We got a late start due to the rain that was coming through the area and then came the wind! Rough day to be outside for sure. I ran dogs in the a Master flight and a Senior flight this weekend. Stellar dogs brought home passes in both Senior and Master. In the Master stake, 54 dogs started and there were 12 passing scores. Blackie, a long time team member managed to pass. Jazz, owned and handled by Lee Telling, passed Master, and Lucky, owned and handled by Marty Thompson, passed this tough test. Congratulations guys, you did a great job!
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"Emmy"

In the Senior stake, Emmy, owned by Fernando Somoza, passed another leg on her way to a Senior Title. Great job Emmy!

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Flyer Friday-March 19th Waterloo Warmup!

March/19/2010
We had a great group today as Spring Break winds down. Our long time friend and Stellar Staff member, Darren, was out working with Josh and I to run Ye Ol'Steadying Drill with Lee and Debbie Telling, my honey Wendy, Tim Buck, and Mike Meek. We had blue bird skies and mild weather to head out near the barn and setup the signature test warm up drill for all the dogs. Short mark thrown behind a tree and log with the flyer dropped right in the dog's grill to test the dog's steady, blind under the arc of the short bird, diversion thrown on the way back from the blind, and a long single to finish things up. A lot going on for sure and most everybody did well. Forrest, handled by Lee, bit hook line and sinker for the flyer dropped in his grill so we had to give Lee the usual hard time for Forrest's performance. Now that Lee has shook that off, we wish him luck tomorrow at the Waterloo Hunt Test which promises to be a little dicey with some really bad weather blowing in over night.

Mike put together a slide show with mug shots of Cody the Chocolate, Maggie, Mary Tatum's Party, Doug Bishop's Sway, and Fernando Somoza's Emmy along with some various shots of the farm which can be viewed here:

Flyer Friday Slide Show

Here is a taste of a few of the mugshots:
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Brazosport Hunt Test, Montgomery Texas...Results In!

March/15/2010
Headed over to Montgomery, Texas this weekend for the Brazosport Hunt Test. In Master, passes were scored by Cody the Chesapeake, Sway, and Jet. Congratulations to Penny Watkins, Doug Bishop, and Sean Hale.

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"Cody" "Sway"

Nip owned by Ron and Tammy Johnson passed the Junior for his title. Congratulations to little Nip for a great job!
I'm looking forward to great weather for training this week. Waterloo is next weekend!

-Jack-

PS. Mike apologizes for not having a photo of Nip!

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The Battle at Bryan College Station

March/08/2010
The Bryan College Station Hunt Test held this weekend, turned out to be a pretty big challenge for the team. With eight dogs entered in the Master stake, only Tim Buck's "Laurie" made the grade. Tough day for the group and the way the chips fell, I know we have to get to work this next week!

In the Senior stake, "Emmy", owned by Fernando Somoza, tested for a qualifying score and brought home a Senior pass in a test with only eight other qualifying scores.

In Junior, "Nip", owned by Ron and Tammy Johnson, passed both tests. Congratulations on a consistent performance Nip!


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Port Arthur Retriever Club Hunt Test Results

March/02/2010
Loaded up the crew on Friday and headed to good old Port Arthur. It was a long weekend and I came home with a cold, but there's no crying or being sick in dog training! Here are the results:

Master passes :
Lorie owned and handled by Tim Buck
Cody the Chessie owned by Penny Watkins
Cody the Lab owned by Steve Hoppas
Jet owned by Sean Hale

Senior:
Sway 2 passes for Senior Title-Congratulations to Doug Bishop
Emmy 1 pass

Junior:
Nip 1 JR. Pass


So the team came home with eight orange ribbons and one Senior Title ribbon. Not a bad weekend! Continue checking in for hunt test results and I'll keep workin' those dogs!

-Jack-

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