HR Big Horn Chasin' Holway's Gold CGC
Whelped: 5/22/08
UKC Started Hunting Retriever (SHR)
AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
Great Looks (dark golden) with style
68 pounds in hard working condition
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Dual Registration: AKC / UKC
AKC Registration # SR5-50697401
UKC Registration # R204-278
OFA GR-PRA107/12M-PI (Clear PRA) |
The Story of Chase (So Far...)
Here's my story - thanks for stopping by and taking time to learn more about me.
I was born in the Big Horn mountains of Greybull, Wyoming at 11:55 PM on May 22, 2008, in a litter of nine (5 girls/4 boys), and although I was the last pup to be born, I was not the "runt". My grandma Marilyn decided we should all have color coded collars, but they ran out of collars, so I started life known as the Green Ribbon Boy.
After a couple of days, Grandma Marilyn finally found a different color collar for me and I officially became known as Boy Brown. On May 25, 2008, Grandpa Gary started our Bio Sensor exercises. We didn't like Grandpa too well at the start, but after third or fourth day we didn't mind the exercises (or him) at all.
During the month of June and early July 2008, Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Gary watched us grow, and introduced us to the outside world - including birds and water! Check me out at 4 weeks old with a pheasant! Oh, and I'm always the one with my nose to the ground...
On July 13, 2008, my life changed forever when I was chosen as the "Pick of the Litter" and went home to Colorado with my Mom and two Dads - Jake, my dog Dad, and Keith, my human Dad. We even saw a moose while driving home - wow, was that exciting!
Once home, I immediately headed out to the backyard and was very happy to find we have a waterfall and a doggie pool, so of course I had to check them out. They even had a mini dog bumper for me until I was big enough for a real one!
Time to explore my forever home, bond with my "people" and even squeeze in a trip to Telluride!
Like Father, Like Son... My two Dads and I do everything together.
As much fun as it just playing around with my Dads, Mom thought it was time for me to start obedience classes. I started Puppy Obedience on August 4, 2008 and graduated at the top of my class on October 6, 2008. As if that wasn't enough, I started Intermediate Obedience the next night and was the Valedictorian of the November 25, 2008 class. I think I look pretty handsome in my cap...
Puppy Graduation 10/6/08 Intermediate Graduation 11/25/08
Got to see my first snow and made a trip to see Santa before Mom and Dad sent me off to full blown retriever training on Thanksgiving weekend 2008:
My first view of Flatlander Kennels in Bayard, Nebraska on November 30, 2008. I was nervous when Mom and Dad left me, but my trainers (Jared Shepard and Dane Johnson) were super nice and I got train with birds almost every day!
I missed Christmas at home, but I was having fun learning how to be a real retriever. Then finally on a cold Friday afternoon in early February, my Mom and Dads came to see me in Nebraska, and I got to show them eveything I had learned so far:
I finished retriever bootcamp and finally got to come home in late April 2009. I sure was glad to be home and play in the waterfall again!
May 2009: Now begins the real fun -- I get to train with my human dad and start running Hunt Tests!
Please follow my hunt test progress on the
News page!
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I am very proud
of my daddy's name
Though his style of retrievin'
and mine ain't exactly the same
Guns Up, Back and Over
pick it up and resume my position
Ribbons won after fetchin' all day long
It's a family tradition... |
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