Princess Jam

Happy Halloween!

The Birdbox

Jam just cannot contain her excitement knowing that the birds in the box are meant for her. She stood like this for a few minutes with the most intense expression until we told her to get down so the birds could be planted in the field. Jam's intensity and drive has really come out in recent months due to consistent training, exposure and maturity. I really love this girl, who has brought me back to field training, something that I always had enjoyed but really missed in recent years. I know that she has the potential to go far and I will be along for the ride...

Junior Hunter leg #3!

Jam earned her third qualifying leg towards her Junior Hunter title on this beautiful fall day. She has earned three legs in a row and we hope to finish her title in November.

Jam's 2nd JH leg!

We are very proud of Jam, Grayhart's Purple Haze, for earning her 2nd Junior Hunter leg today at the Long Island Pointing Dog Field Trial Club! Her scores were respectable and she even earned a 9 out of 10 in the pointing category for her beautiful, steady point. Two more legs to go for Jam to finish her Junior Hunter title and then on to major leaque, training her for Senior Hunter.

Also qualifying today, pictured on the right, our good friend Lilly Bourke with Indy, GraytSky's Independence Day, CD,NSD, who at the age of 8 years young, with no prior field training, earned his first JH leg! A good day in the field for our gray dogs.

High Fashion...

Jam, during a lighting check, hangs in a gorgeous BMW, waiting for her supermodel counterpart, on location at a Vanity Fair photoshoot. Her model friend wore chic Chanel suits and dripped with diamonds. Jam sported a lovely Bottega Vaneta collar. Look for the stunning shots in the January issue of Vanity Fair.

GSWC Specialty Show Shots

Jam in the 12-18 months Sweeps class, looking like a real show dog!
Down and back on the diagonal

Setting up during Best in Sweeps

Jam earns her first Junior Hunter leg!

Jam made us very proud this past Saturday by earning her first Junior Hunter qualifying leg at the Westminster Kennel Club Hunt Test in Milbrook, NY! I was very proud of how our young girl did and received compliments from one of the judges on her "beautiful point".
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To earn the AKC Junior Hunter title, a dog must receive four qualifying legs. The dogs run a pre-set course with a brace mate, for 15-20 minutes and must be able to find a bird, hold the point for a minimum of 3 seconds, not be gun shy when the handler shoots the blank pistol after flushing the bird and must point at least 50% of the birds they encounter. The Junior dogs are scored by two judges on a scale of 1-10, in four categories: hunting, bird finding ability, pointing and trainability. To pass, the dog must get a minimum score of 5 in each category with an overall average of not less than 7. Out of the 6 Junior dogs tested, only two passed that day.

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Jam will be running in more hunt tests mid-October and our goal is complete her Junior Hunter title this fall and train her for the Senior Hunt tests in 2010.