For the most part a National Championship is just like any other except for the name. Even so, for some reason they seem to keep coming for the dogs. CH Peacedale Duke and Richie Frisella added a RU-CH to his laundry list by being named RU-CH at the US Complete National Amateur Shooting Dog Championship in RI in April over 33 entrants (see pic above). This makes Duke the third male setter out of Lacey to place in a National Championship stake and the 5th National Championship placement for all of them on wild and planted birds. Pretty neat stat! Bill Henke came back the week after his puppy stake accident in Marienville and got a third in the Venango derby stake with his female Keystone’s Best Bette out of Keystone’s Red Rage and Keystone’s Pale Rider. And Sig Degitz in Superior, WI continues to develop his latest Keystone’s Red Ryder – Chip’s Torquato pups around wild birds. Sig says his female Marley is an unbelievable grouse dog and she got to show it by placing 3rd in the MN derby stake with 2 nice grouse finds (as a puppy). Attached is a picture of Marley with her placement and also her brother Will pointing a woodcock (although he is not as masterful at wild birds as his sister).
