Chardonnay whelps six puppies by RU-CH Erin’s Hidden Shamrock

RU-CH Erin’s Hidden Shamrock (CH Ridge Creek Cody x Erin’s Sky Dancer)

Paul Hauge and Northwoods Bird Dogs have teamed up for another cool litter.

Paul has long been a partner with Betsy and me in our breeding program. His dog Houston became a foundation for our kennel and, over the years, we’ve bred many litters together.

Northwoods Chardonnay (Blue Shaquille x Houston’s Belle’s Choice, 2009)
Photo by Chris Mathan, The Sportsman’s Cabinet

This winter we bred Paul’s Northwoods Chardonnay (Blue Shaquille x Houston’s Belle’s Choice, 2009) to RU-CH Erin’s Hidden Shamrock (Jack), owned by Sean Derrig. Jack is out of Sean’s female Erin’s Sky Dancer and Larry Brutger’s CH Ridge Creek Cody, which is also cool because Cody is by Paul’s multiple grouse champion CH Houston’s Belle to CH Can’t Go Wrong.

For a couple years now, I’ve been watching young Jack during training sessions with Sean. Jack is impressive and has nice wins—especially against pointers—on the all age circuit where Sean competes. He was runner-up champion in the 2014 National Amateur Derby Championship held on the Dixie Plantation in northern Florida and placed third in the 2015 West Tennessee All Age.

From what I saw, not only does Jack possess qualities we look for in a sire but he inherited quite a few traits from the Houston line.

Chardonnay whelped four females and two males on April 15.

This is Chardonnay’s fifth litter. She has produced exceptional dogs no matter which sire we bred her to.

On April 15, Chardonnay whelped four females and two males at Paul’s kennel in Wisconsin. All the puppies are sold.