Ok here is attempt to catch back up a little on this blog. Last spring I hardly had time to run in any trials as we were expecting twins and time was limited as well as saving up some money for our new expenses. I did run Coco in 2 trials in Gladwin, she took 2nd in the 1 hour Amateur Classic in a very strong field of dogs which ended up having I think they said 15 dogs finish with clean bird work and nearly 30 dogs entered. It was a great win for her and she was beat by a strong performance by Terhaar's Elvis who is aging but still put down a bird finding clinic. I only ran her in one other half hour stake and it snowed the night before and had bad conditions of ice in the morning brace. I then decided to send her with Rober Ecker as he was in Michigan for the Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational, and was heading to the Empire Championship and coming back in a couple weeks for Jimmy Cipp's Championship at Highland so it worked out well as I was busy with the new coming family. He ran her at Flannigan's Farm and said she put down a hell of a race and had a gorgeous grouse find, but also picked up a couple of non productive's which can happen in the spring, but still ended up being named closest to the winners of the Empire Championship.
Amateur Classic winners Terhaar's Elvis and Runner Up Fricke N Coco
Coco in a spring workout at Ionia
And this is what has slowed my updates down. New twins with Luke, our new baby boy Liam Grant, and baby girl Reese Emerson. They are wonderful and keep me over the top busy.
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