Ridge Creek Cody, owned by Larry Brutger and handled by Shawn Kinkelaar, recently placed third in the prestigous U.S. Quail Shooting Dog futurity. To place in this trial, a dog must run a 30-minute qualifying heat and be selected by the judges to compete in the one-hour finals. Fifty-five dogs were entered and 14 were chosen for the finals. Cody was the only setter in the top four placements.
Cody has placed in several other competitive derby stakes and is perhaps on his way to winning the English setter shooting dog derby of the year award.
A litter brother to Cody is Houston’s Blackjack, co-owned by Frank LaNasa and Leroy Peterson. Jack was handled by Frank to second place in the National Open Prairie Chicken Derby stake last September.
These dogs are out of two grouse champions—Houston’s Belle and Can’t Go Wrong. Paul Hauge and I chose Wrong based on observing him in many grouse trials. In addition to Wrong’s abilities, his pedigree traces back to CH Northern Zephyr Smoke, Crockett's Bojangles and Little Partridge Patch, three dogs that figure prominently in Paul’s setter line.
We raised the litter here at our kennel and performed some initial training and development with them. Cody went with us to North Dakota when he was a puppy and we worked Blackjack both in Oklahoma and in the grouse woods. The puppies were quite impressive and showed potential at that early age.
We wish both of these contenders continued success!
Click here to view a pdf pedigree of CH Houston's Belle x CH Can't Go Wrong
