Sister Power!

From Byam's Mom & "Dad" 

Tell Byam her sister " Rae" has become the first ever Grand Dual Champion. She just earned enough extra field trial points to become a grand field champion and she already had her grand show champion title(show champion with extra points). So she now has the first ever brittany grand dual champion title. Linda e-mailed me today.   

I had a good weekend ...last week end and picked up a couple master hunter passes on Byam's 1/2 sister, "Star".

Later,    Doug

News from Byam's Sisters - Penny5 and Rae

Byam's breeder sent this information and photo!

   ...with Penny5(Sis) in ND opening week end (didn't have a camera with that day so we didn't get any pictures). I've been doing a lot of hunting with the 5 dogs, but it has been pretty tough this year. I haven't shot a bird in my county this year. I got 7 in ND, 10 from 50 miles north of where I live, 3 down by Lincoln, and 9 birds  in 3 trips to a  shooting preserve. NOT MANY BIRDS FOR THE MILES I"VE PUT ON MY TRUCK AND ON MY LEGS. Anyway the dogs are having fun.

      Linda's Rae female (Byam's sis) ended up as the #3 Brittany gun dog in the US this year. She was leading the point standings in the Magnum's Masked Man Award  half way thru the field trial season, but dropped to 3rd in the standings at the end. She had a real good season and Linda & Tommy were pretty proud of her.

      Don't know much else, so I'm going to quit.  Later,        Doug

Decided to attach a picture of Penny5---it was from last year, but just pretend it was birds she got this year  :-)

Byam's Family Update!!!!!!!!!!!!

From Byam's Breeder -

"...I've been running around trying to get everything ready for our Pheasants Forever Youth/Mentor hunt that is coming up this Saturday. Mom (Penny4), Sis (Penny 5), and Shooter will each get a run with a couple of kids. We turn 5 rooster loose for each 2 kids and then hunt them with a dog. It's fun for the kids and dogs but not many phez are killed. I think the best year the kids had was getting 13 pheasants out of the 40 that were turned loose. we only give the kids 1 shell at a time(for safety) and they are very good shots. Since it isn't open season yet we have to get special permission from the game and parks commission.

 

...I started running Penny5 towards her master title and she is 2/6 the way there---I need 4 more passes for the title. ...she won't have any more chances this year.

...ND opener on Oct 12th.

...NE opener on the 28th. The dogs will be busy...I'll let you know how Mom & Sis do this year.

...Byam's sister, Rae, was leading the Brittany gun dog point standings half way thru the year. I hope she hangs on and wins---but it will really be tuff to do as there are only 50 points difference in the top 3 dogs. 

 

...a sister, Bolt (F3)...She is now in Montana and will be hunted a lot on birds...doing what she loves..

        Penny4 (8 years old) is starting to slow down. She just doesn't cover as much ground as she used to---but she still has a good nose. Penny5 probably has the best nose of any Brittany I've had. She points so far away that sometimes in the hunting tests it's real hard finding the quail she is pointing, since they are pen raised birds they want to stay hid instead of flying like wild quail would.

I check Byam's blog every once in a while to see what she has been up to. Looks like she is still doing a little traveling.  I hope she has a good year for pheasants...

Keep in touch.   Later, Doug "

Doug I again want to thank you for choosing us for one of your Brittany Spaniels - we love Byam!!!

More Great News from Byam's Breeder!

S & K---
      Tell Byam that her sister, "Rae", won the International
Shooting Dog Championship today [April 2nd] and finished her AKC dual title. This was also an American Field event so she is now a 1X American Field Champ. Earlier this year she finished her Grand Champion show title (this is a new title--it is a show championship Plus 10 extra show points).  Linda is thrilled.
       I hope Byam's birthday hunt at the shooting preserve went well and she got a lot of birds :-)
Later, Doug

Byam's Sister is Titled!

Penny 5 has an AKC senior hunter title with Doug and she is just about ready to start on her master hunter title.

And her litter of five pups born in January, all 5 of the pups have been out hunting pheasants this fall.

Byam's Sister is a Winner!

More news from Byam's family!

Rae who is Byam's littermate sister formerl known as F6 won an amazing third place in the American Brittany Club National Ametuer Gun Dog Championship this year!!

Byam's Sister - First Pass Sr. Hunt Test Win

Photo from earlier this year! Penny 5 got her 1st senior pass on with 3 quail and 1 hen finds (they didn't plant the hen), 1 good retreive (they couldn't hit the other quail),and a back of a shorthair...she left a little early before the gun went off on her 2nd quail so she didn't pass yesterday. Picture of Penny 5, her ribbon, and her handler.

Byam's Sister Penny 5

 Penny 5 trained in South Dakota, while Doug's knee heals. Above February 25th, Below March 18th.

Byam's Brother Rhett - A Winner!!

Byam's breeder Doug let us know - Byam's brother is a winner! Rhett acheived 4th Place in the US Open Juvenile Competition with 4 pheasants and 4 retreives in a time of 5 minutes 15 sec. His picture is on the website - http://www.wingshooters.us/

He and we are so proud of Rhett and "a nice piece of iron that he won".

Byam's Sister Penny - Update

An update from Doug - very good news!!!
Byam's Sister Penny completed her Junior Hunter Title!!! Penny is READY to hunt. Byam will start again with her training classes upon our return to pheasant country.

Byam's Sister Rae - aka F6

Rae is Byam's Sister, formerly known as F6 at the September field trials.