Hi Marie, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I've attached some pics from our latest hunt. Muncy has far exceeded my expectations in the field up to this point. I've had him out numerous times so far and he has performed wonderfully each time. He doesn't hunt good for a puppy, but just good period. He's hunted with two veteran Brittanies several times now and no one would realize he's only 8 months old. His nose is great and he holds point like a champ. I was hoping he would eventually get this good and he's there already. My dad owned and hunted over two German Wirehaired Pointers and an English Pointer and said the first time he hunted over Muncy (when he was only 6 months old) that he had what it took to be special. And my brother-in-law (the owner of the Brittanies-one of which is a field champion) has marveled over Muncy's abilities up to this point. He honestly is a natural. He listens, comes, and whoas on my command - but the rest is all him. Besides all of that - he's extremely handsome (and he knows it). Just thought you'd appreciate the update and be proud of his progress.  Hope all is well. Joe

Hello Marie, It’s been a long time since I sent you some photos of Dixie. As you know Dixie passed her NAVHDA Natural Ability Test in April of last year with a score of 112. Since then we have been training for the NAVHDA Utility Test which we plan to take in the fall of this year.  She is a good dog and can do every part of the test now at the “4” level with the exception of the duck search. She’s probably about at a high “2” or low “3” now. When she starts to expand her search more she'll be at the “4” level there too. I don't think that will take long because she started to get it last year, but the water got too cold, then it was hunting season, so we have been hunting since then. We are training hard to get that 204 perfect score in the UT. While we are training for the “UT” we will also be training for the AKC Master. We plan to do that in the spring of 2011. My mentor here in my local Chapter believes Dixie will pass it too since our dogs are much better trained than most AKC tested dogs. Anyway here are some pictures from our pheasant hunting trip to Kansas. As luck would have it the weather man got it wrong (again) and a blizzard struck. Hunting conditions were terrible and the birds would not hold at all. However, we did get a rooster, learned a lot, and had fun! We also went goose hunting yesterday.  It was Dixie’s first time. She was a little intimidated by the size of the geese when she got to one, but did fetch 2 of the 3 I got. So we did a little fetch work on the table and in the yard today.  Attached are pictures from both hunts. Hunting in Kansas was a lot of work and she took long naps after each hunt. Hope you are doing well. Take care, Jim (Virgina) (Dixie is only 19 months old as of Nov. 2009. Dixie is out of Dallas)

Hello Marie, Here are some photos of Dixie doing some water retrieves. She had just completed a duck search and retrieved a Mallard. Sorry, my buddy did not take a picture of the duck search. She is doing well in her training. We are both training hard and by September 2010 she'll be ready for the NAVHDA Utility Test. I have no doubt that she'll receive another prefect score at Prize I 204 We are also going to Kansas this fall hunting with family and friends. Take care, Jim