Fall 2024 field trial results
Big smiles are easy for a dog’s first championship. Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2018) is the newly crowned champion at the North Country Shooting Dog Championship, held near Eau Claire, Wis. Proud owners are Eric and Lindsey Saetre. Cedar is handled by Eric and scouted by Lindsey.
Dogs out of our Northwoods breeding were big winners in field trials during the fall 2024 season. This included setters at all major field trials held in the Minnesota/Wisconsin area and a young setter in Pennsylvania.
Other winners include pointer littermates out of a Northwoods-bred sire.
At the Minnesota Grouse Championship, held near Mora, Minn., runner-up Northwoods Cedar, on right, is posed by owner and handler Eric Saetre while champion Over The Hill Morgan is posed by breeder and handler Rod Lein.
Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2018), owned and handled by Eric and Lindsey Saetre, went on a roll this fall. She was named champion at the North Country Shooting Dog Championship and runner-up champion in the Minnesota Grouse Dog Championship. The wins put Cedar high on the list to run in the Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational next spring.
Special congratulation to Eric and Lindsey for their work and dedication. Cedar is their first bird dog!. They bought her from us as a puppy six years ago.
Northwoods Rip Roy (CH Woodville’s Yukon Cornelius x Northwoods Redbreast, 2024) wins the blue ribbon at the NBHA Sharptail Championship Open Puppy stake held near Minong, Wis. Rip is owned and handled by Greg Johnson.
Northwoods Rip Roy (CH Woodville’s Yukon Cornelius x Northwoods Redbreast, 2024), owned and handled by Greg Johnson, had quite a fall for an eight-month-old-puppy. He placed in the following stakes:
• 1st NBHA Sharptail Championship Open Puppy
• 2nd Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship Open Derby
• 3rd North Country Shooting Dog Championship Open Derby
Clover Valley Mulak, handled by Greg Johnson and owned by Jerry Furnish, placed first in the Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship Open Derby held near Eau Claire, Wis. His littermate, Clover Valley’s Evans, handled by Jordan Pharris and owned by Jerry Furnish, placed third. Northwoods Rip Roy, owned and handled by Greg Johnson, rounded out the placements with a second place finish.
Three littermates out of RU-CH Northwoods Atlas (Northwoods Grits x Northwoods Nickel, 2017) x Clover Valley’s Millie had a banner season. They basically competed against each other and won nine placements in derby stakes. Jerry Furnish bred this outstanding litter out of his Millie, a granddaughter of another dog produced by us, CH Ridge Creek Cody.
Clover Valley’s Mulak, handled by Greg Johnson, owned by Jerry Furnish, had four placements.
• 1st Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship Open Derby
• 2nd Reuel Henry Pietz Derby Classic
• 2nd North Country Shooting Dog Championship Open Derby
• 3rd NBHA Sharptail Championship Open Derby
Big Big Energy, owned and handled by Jordan Pharris.
• 1st Reuel Henry Pietz Derby Classic
• 4th Grand National Grouse Futurity
Clover Valley’s Evans, handled by Jerry Furnish or Jordan Pharris, owned by Jerry Furnish.
• 1st North Country Shooting Dog Championship Open Derby
• 3rd Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship Open Derby
• 3rd Grand National Grouse Futurity
The Grand National Grouse Futurity is a prestigious stake sponsored by the Grand National Grouse Championship. The breeder must nominate both the dam and the litter and then owners follow up with entries and fees. Results of the fall 2024 stake included a third and fourth place finished by littermates Clover Valley’s Evans, second from right, and a fourth place by Big Big Energy, on the right. Both dogs were out of RU-CH Northwoods Atlas x Clover’s Valley Millie.
Northwoods Sunny Day (RU-CH Northwoods Atlas x Northwoods Stardust, 2023), owned and handled by Tom Kieffer, won second place in the Black Moshannon Trial Club Open Derby stake held in Phillipsburg, Pa.
JTH Scion (HOF CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods Vixen, 2015), call name Cooper, was bred by us and owned by Jeff Hintz. When Rod Lein bred his female, Over The Hill Patty, he chose Cooper as a sire. Two littermates had big placements this fall.
Over The Hill Morgan, handled by Rod Lein and owned by Robert Zielke, was named champion at the Minnesota Grouse Dog Championship. Bad Habits, owned and handled by Ben Mergens, won runner-up at the Region 19 Amateur Shooting Dog Championship.
Congratulations to all dogs, owners and handlers!