Otter, five weeks, pulling hard on my shirt. Members of this litter have asked for and thrived on activity all their lives.
Dual-registered with AKC and the DTK and born on this date in 2004, the litter of seven by SUvCH NUvCH SvCH FC Hound’s Kashmir (Sweden) x FC Marta v Dorndorf L JE LH is the most accomplished litter I have ever bred. They are (in alphabetical order with males listed first per DTK tradition):
ABS5 FC Alpine Owl von Dorndorf TD JE NA OAJ SchwhK SchwhKF BHP-G Wa-T, Patricia Nance
ABS FC Apache Otter von Dorndorf (Lost from his new home at 3 years, I pray that Otter is alive and well.)
ABS7 FC Audi Oslo von Dorndorf, Stan Knoll
Axel Odin von Dorndorf, tracks and recovers wounded deer in North Carolina, Stan & Alicia Wenner
ABS5 FC Annie Ochre von Dorndorf TDX, Laura Knoll
ABS FC Arlina Ossie von Dorndorf RE AXJ BHP-2, called Asti, John Willmore and Diane Webb
FC Autumn Olive von Dorndorf VCD1 TD CD RE MX MXJ Wa-T BHP-G, John Willmore and Diane Webb
ABS5 FC Alpine Owl von Dorndorf TD JE NA OAJ SchwhK SchwhKF BHP-G Wa-T, Patricia Nance
ABS FC Apache Otter von Dorndorf (Lost from his new home at 3 years, I pray that Otter is alive and well.)
ABS7 FC Audi Oslo von Dorndorf, Stan Knoll
Axel Odin von Dorndorf, tracks and recovers wounded deer in North Carolina, Stan & Alicia Wenner
ABS5 FC Annie Ochre von Dorndorf TDX, Laura Knoll
ABS FC Arlina Ossie von Dorndorf RE AXJ BHP-2, called Asti, John Willmore and Diane Webb
FC Autumn Olive von Dorndorf VCD1 TD CD RE MX MXJ Wa-T BHP-G, John Willmore and Diane Webb
- Six of the seven are Field Champions.
- Five of the seven have won at least one Absolute.
- Odin is doing a superb job of recovering wounded deer for hunters.
- Oslo has this spring surpassed his grandmother FC Ilsa v Dorndorf L as the winningest longhair in US field trial history.
- Owl is the first and only longhair in the US to earn DTK blood-tracking titles AND was Absolute Winner at his first field trial in an entry of 157 dachshunds.
- Ochre was Absolute at the 2008 DCA National Field Trial AND earned Tracking Dog Excellent at the 2011 DCA National, the first TDX test she and her young owner ever entered.
- Olive is very nearly a Master Agility Champion.
Happy Birthday to Owl, Otter, Oslo, Odin, Ochre, Asti, and Olive!
Laura Knoll and her talented "baby girl" Ochre.
Laura Knoll has been Ochre's owner and handler since Ochre was nine months old and Laura was seven. All the accomplishments, awards, and titles are really great, but Laura's relationship with Ochre and their amazing teamwork is the breath of life for breeders like me. Here is what dear Laura posted on Facebook: "My baby girl turned eight years old! She has been such a blessing in my life and I thank God, her breeder, and my parents for allowing us to be so successful in our seven years of running together! She became a Field Champion at about two years old and has led me to winning five Absolutes, with one being the National Absolute in 2008. [I've made a link to a good article on the AKC website.] And two tracking titles; Tracking Dog and Tracking Dog Excellent. Ochre has taught me so many things about field trials and has let me travel all over the States. She is one of the best things that has happened to me! Happy Birthday Ochre and your litter mates!!!"