Category: Gretel - DORNDORF LONGHAIRED DACHSHUNDS

taya and tasha together

5/3/2014

While Tasha is in Ohio to be mated with Owl, Cliff Shrader and I visited Jennifer Fry and Gretel in Columbus. Before this weekend, Tasha and Taya had not seen each other since they were eight weeks old at home in Denmark. But they get along fabulously and have played hard. It is quite interesting to see that the sisters are so similar in habits, expressions, size, and even their voices.

"Sister's Taya (left) and Tasha. Both girls wrestled and romped and wore themselves out." ~ Jennifer Fry

"This was Gretel hanging out waiting for cousins Tasha and Taya to arrive."

Thank you, Jennifer, for the visit and photos!

gretel getting a little long in the tooth?

7/4/2013

Gretel, owned by Jennifer Fry, has been with the Knolls in Mississippi for a couple of months. Evidently, Gretel wants the holiday menu to include cream of turtle soup!

Thanks to Tina Knoll and Jennifer Fry for the photo!

dorndorf dachshunds at dca

5/20/2013

I did not attend the Dachshund Club of America National events this year, most of which were held at Purina Farms in Gray Summit, Missouri. Dorndorf was wonderfully represented in the performance arena, however, as these many bulletins testify. KUDOS and my THANKS to you all! You are the BEST! ---Love, Patt

Tracking

May 9 Ochre, owned and handled by Laura Knoll, ran her Variable Surface Tracking test with excellent effort! Tina Knoll wrote: "Just to recap, they started strong then over ran the first turn. They recovered, took the first turn and Ochre was pulling like crazy, almost took the next turn. They disqualified but did all the rest just perfect with the track layer just following." VST may have a passing rate of 5-8% but I see VST / CT (Champion Tracker) in their future. This is a talented team!

May 10 Sisters Sage, owned by Maxine Brinker, and Seiko, owned by Tina Knoll and handled by Laura, were entered in the Tracking Dog Excellent test. Unfortunately, none of the three dachshunds passed. TDX tests have a passing rate between 15-20% annually; they are not a walk in the park! But they both gave it a very good go!

Earthdog

May 11 Nutmeg qualifies in Junior Earthdog for her second leg and the JE title! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg!

May 11 Gretel qualifies in Senior Earthdog for her third leg and the SE title! Congratulations to owner Jennifer Fry, handler Laura Knoll, and Gretel!

Laura and Gretel

May 11 We all had big hopes that Nadja would earn her fourth qualification in Master Earthdog for the ME title. But this time Nadja had other ideas! As does her owner Tina Knoll, we look foward to Nadja getting that fourth leg!

Nadja had great fun being naughty.

May 12 Diane Webb writes: "We did earthdog with Olive and Bossa yesterday and today. Neither passed yesterday, but today Olive passed and earned her first Junior Earthdog leg! She ran straight into the tunnel (just like yesterday) but this time didn't come back out. She got to the quarry in 17 seconds and barked and whined for over 60 seconds.

Olive was the third of 30 JE dogs to run today or which 7 passed. We waited over two hours before we got her ribbon. So Olive was tired and hot and was looking into the sun, and the award photos aren't very good. But I am very proud of her!!"

Congratulations to Diane and Olive!

Good girl, Olive!

Junior Earthdog den test area at Purina Farms

agility

May 14 Nutmeg, 11 years, qualified with a 3rd place in a class of 14 dachshunds competing in the Master Jumpers with Weaves class! Her niece Sage also qualified in the same class! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker, Nutmeg, and Sage!

May 14 Diane writes: "Olive and John had an excellent day at DCA Agility, qualifying in Novice FAST Preferred (1st place), Masters Standard Preferred (2nd Place), and Masters JWW Preferred (2nd Place). Olive earned her third double Q and 26 points towards PACH [Preferred Agility Champion]. Once again, Olive just missed winning High In Trial; this time she was about a second behind the Standard Preferred HIT Winner.

The venue was awesome -- artificial turf over the matted floor covering the entire facility in a large, well-lit, air-conditioned facility. I've got videos of Olive which I'll post at some point. No photographers or videographers at the trial."

Congratulations to John Willmore and Olive!

Obedience and rally

May 15     Sage qualified in Novice B Obedience debut, placing 3rd and earning the first leg of her CD! Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Sage!

May 16     Nutmeg and Sage both qualified in the Advanced B Rally class with Nutmeg earning 2nd Place of the 10 dachshunds competing! Congratulations to Maxine and the Spice Girls!

May 16     Olive qualified in Rally B Excellent for the necessary third leg in the annual DCA Triathlon! Combined with her passing/qualifying performances in earthdog and agility, Olive has qualified with a chance to win the Triathlon. Whether she does will be determined by performances of other Triathlon contenders that are still to come. Congratulations to Diane Webb and Olive!

May 17     Nutmeg qualified with a 1st Place in Open A obedience for her 3rd leg and her CDX! Putting this achievement in perspective, only four dachshunds earned the CDX title in 2012. Congratulations to Maxine Brinker and Nutmeg!

triathlon

May 17 John and Diane end their DCA week with Olive being one of only 4 qualifiers in the DCA Triathlon, she finished 3rd!

Congratulations Team Olive!

Way to GO, everyone!! ♥♥♥

Gretel 2, Seiko 3, class of 21 field champions

11/4/2012

[Gretel is ABS FC Ray Bob's Gretel von Knobydox TD JE CA CGC CG BHP-1 owned by Jennifer Fry of Ohio. Seiko is FC Seiko v Dorndorf L TD owned by Tina Knoll of Mississippi. Gretel and Seiko are half-sisters out of DC Nadja v Dorndorf L SE.]

Again today, it was a combined-sex Field Champion class at the Dachshund Club of St Louis field trial and a good-sized class. Good going, girls!

I will add that this is the first weekend that Seiko has run as a Field Champion!

Both dogs were handled by Laura Knoll for their owners. Congratulations to Laura, Jennifer, Tina, Gretel, and Seiko!

Gretel Passes BHP-1, Handled By Laura Knoll

10/14/2010

FC Ray Bob's Gretel von Knobydox JE has added BHP-1 Prize 3 to her list of accomplishments. Gretel, out of DC Nadja v Dorndor L SE, is owned by Jennifer Fry and was handled by Laura Knoll. It was unfortunate that Laura and Gretel could not participate in the BHP practice session two days ago. Laura bravely entered Gretel in BHP-1 today anyway. They did a very nice job!

The DTK Belgleithund, or "Companion Dog" test consists of three parts. BHP-1 includes heeling with a time of heeling free, recall from 30-50 meters, five minute down stay 50 meters away with distractions, reaction to loud noise (hammer hitting a steel pipe), reaction to people (at least six people coming in close to dog and handler at the same time), and reaction to traffic while heeling along a road and halting before road crossings. "Traffic" includes a bicyclist coming up from behind and ringing a bell, a pedestrian opening an umbrella in front of the dog, then opening a newspaper, dog staying quietly at heel while handler 'asks for directions', and a car driving past.

Here is a video of Gretel and Laura performing a super recall!

Nadja, Nutmeg, And Gretel Earn AWTA Certificates Of Gameness

10/12/2010

It was a family affair for three longhaired bitches earning Certificates of Gameness (CG) today! This was at the American Working Terrier Association den trial in Roscoe, Illinois. DC Nadja v Dorndorf SE and MACH2 Nutmeg v Dorndorf CD RN are sisters. FC Ray Bob's Gretel von Knobydox JE is Nadja's daughter.

Nutmeg had never done any earthwork but she did not let that stop her!

"Certificate of Gameness" is awarded to a dog that qualifies with a score of 100% in the Open Class at an AWTA trial. The dog is required to travel a thirty-foot earth, reach the quarry within thirty seconds, then work the quarry continuously for a full sixty seconds.

Congratulations to Stan & Tina Knoll with Nadja, Maxine Brinker with Nutmeg, and Jennifer Fry & Laura Knoll (handling) with Gretel!

Nexus Wins Field Champion Dogs! Ochre 2nd, Gretel 4th Field Champion Bitches!

5/23/2010

Badger Dachshund Club Field Trial
Grounds: Northern Illinois Beagle Club
Roscoe, Illinois

Trial Chair: Shawn Nies, Hazelwood, MO
Trial Secretary: Carolyn Henry, Caledonia, WI

It was actually warmer today in Roscoe, Illinois than in Miami, Florida! Air temps remained between 87° and 90° for six hours from 2pm to 8 pm. Hot for May!

Open All-Age Dogs - 6
William Dyer, Janet Schwalbe
1. withheld
2. withheld
3. Gust, b/t SL, Barbara Koch, IL
4. Wolfie, wb MW, Amy Tetmeyer, IA
NBQ none

Open All-Age Bitches - 24
David Faust, Tracy Freeling
1. withheld
2. Mildred, red MW, Angelyn Piatek, IL
3. Penny, red MS, Pamala Hopkins, IL
4. Maple, red SL, Kim Kaus-Wirth, MI
NBQ River, red MS, Megan Milligan, IN

Field Champion Dogs - 23
Pam Bethke, Carol Luetkens
1. Nexus, red SL, Patricia Nance, OH (back High)
2. Peanut, b/t ML, Jimmie Blackwood , KY
3. Nix, wb SW, Larry Gohlke, WI
4. Auggie, wb SW, Sherry Ruggieri, NJ
NBQ Packer, red MW, Patsy Leonberger, IL

Field Champion Bitches - 16
William Dyer, Robert Schwalbe
1. Danika, wb SW, Cheri Faust, WI (littermate of Nix)
2. Ochre, red SL, Laura Knoll, MS (back High, half-sister of Nexus)
3. Bug, red MW, Lois Ballard, WI
4. Gretel, red SL, Jennifer Fry, OH (mother is Nexus' littermate)
NBQ Sandy, red SL, Emily Ballard, WI

Best Field Champion - Danika

Absolute Winner - Danika

Gretel Is NBQ Of 18 Field Champion Bitches!

5/2/2010

There were 45 entries in the Sunday Buckeye Dachshund Club field trial with Field Champion Bitches being by far the largest class. Gretel is owned by Jennifer Fry of Columbus, Ohio and was handled by Laura Knoll of Poplarville, Mississippi.

2nd And 3rd In Field Champion Dogs AND Field Champion Bitches!

4/25/2010

Madison Area Dachshund Club
Grounds: Northern Illinois Beagle Club
Roscoe, Illinois

OAAD - 8
1. Mika, cream ML, Pamala Hopkins, IL
2. Duskey, b/t SL, Deneice Van Hook, IL
3. Diablo, b/t MS, Jan DuBois, WI
4. Blaine, b/t MS, Jan DuBois, WI
NBQ Jackson

OAAB - 14
1. Sandy, red SL, Emily Ballard, WI, NEW FC
2. Greta, wb SW, Skip Richter, WI
3. Geena, red SL
4. Unice, b/t dap SL, Chris & Andrea Thompson, MI
NBQ Savannah, MS

FCD - 13
1. Nix, wb SW, Lawrence Gohlke, WI
2. Nexus, red SL, Patricia Nance, OH
3. Oslo, red SL, Stan Knoll, MS (back High)
4. Kurt, red MS, Kathy Johnson, MN
NBQ Hawk, b/t SL, Ray & Ann Parrish, IL

FCB - 16 1. Danika, wb SW, Cheri Faust, WI (back High)
2. Ochre, red SL, Laura Knoll, MS
3. Nadja, red SL, Tina Knoll, MS
4. Bug, red MW, Lois Ballard, WI
NBQ Gretel, red SL, Jennifer Fry, OH

Best Open - Sandy
Best Field Champion - Danika

Absolute Winner - Sandy, owned & handled by Emily Ballard

Congratulations to all who participated! It was a fun weekend!