Noodle earned her Rally Master title today at the Greater Toledo Obedience Training Club rally trial. She also earned triple QQQ number 10 towards her RACH, with placements in all three classes.

For the third year in a row, Noodle qualified for the AKC Rally National Championships! This year we are not planning to attend, but it is an honor to be qualified.

Dolphin earned his Master Hunter title at the Tarheel Weimaraner Club AKC hunt test in Jackson Springs, NC. He did a great job, earning his title with 5 passes out of 7 attempts. His drive and his stylish, intense point are so much fun to watch!

Dolphin and Noodle had a perfect day at the agility trial! Dolphin earned a quadruple QQQQ with a first place in Standard, Tine 2 Beat, FAST, and a 2nd place in Jumpers. Noodle earned a Triple QQQ with a first place in Standard, FAST, and a 2nd in Jumpers. Dolphin also earned his Master Bronze Jumpers title, and Noodle earned her Master Preferred FAST title. It was a great day for everyone!

2024 was a heck of a year - some really high highs and some devastating lows, and a lot mixed up in between.

Noodle by far had the most stellar year. She moved to Preferred in agility at the start of the year, losing 17 double QQ's towards her MACH (heartbreak!). In the following 12 months she managed to rack up 11 new double QQ's towards her PACH, plus earning her MXP and MJP titles along the way. In Rally, she earned her RAE title, started competing in Master, and earned 8 triple QQQ's towards her RACH. She was also High Triple at the Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty, where she also earned her Tri-Athlete Award and was awarded Most Versatile Senior Weimaraner. Of course, we have to talk about her field career in 2024, which was the highlight of our year. Noodle earned a whopping 13 Master Hunter passes this year, bringing her total up to 35 MH passes. She also earned several Gun Dog placements at a handful of field trials that she competed in. And if that wasn't enough, she came out of retirement from the show ring briefly to win a specialty Best of Breed from the veteran class over 6 other bitch specials!

Dolphin's year was a year of major growth. He managed to earn 3 double QQ's and two triple QQQ's in agility, also finishing his Time 2 Beat 2 title. I entered him in one field trial just for kicks, and he managed to WIN an Open Gun Dog major! His field training really started progressing this year, and he earned 4 Master Hunter passes in the fall of 2024, only needing one more for his title. Dolphin also passed his Shooting Dog Excellent rating, earned a Novice Rally leg and earned a Tri-Athlete award at the WCA National Specialty. He trained Scent Work all year, but was only able to attend one trial due to our crazy schedules. He finished his Advanced Handler Discrimination title at this trial.

Pizza's year was full of ups and downs. The downs were two unsuccessful breedings that knocked her out of competition for half of 2024. She did manage a few field trial placements at the small handful of trials she was able to attend. We hit a couple hunt tests this fall after having nearly a full year off of tests, and she earned two more Master Hunter Advanced passes towards her MHA title. In agility, she got to attend a couple trials, finishing her Excellent Agility (AX) title. She also had some nice Q's at a couple UKI trials we attended this year. We are still hoping for some "Pizza rolls" coming this spring!

I had a wonderful year training dogs and judging hunt tests! I judged a whopping 22 tests/trials in 2024, in 5 different states, and loved every minute of it!

The biggest 'down' of 2024 was losing my beloved Pretzel. He was diagnosed with cancer in October of 2023, and we had it removed. In early 2024 the cancer came back in his lymph nodes and had spread to different parts of his body. Pretzel had a wonderful year getting to do all the things he loved and spending all of his days with me (supervising all of my work!). When his pain became too much to bear, we had to say goodbye to him on October 24th. There is a giant hole in our family without him, and it's still new each day when I wake up and he's not there to greet me. I am so thankful that I was able to have him in my life, and a big part of him lives on in his son Dolphin, who looks at me with those same eyes and that same expression.

2024 was an interesting year. 2025 will be even more interesting, so stay tuned!

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It was another trifecta at the hunt test this month, with all three dogs earning great Master Hunter passes. Noodle earned Master Hunter pass #35 towards her lifetime achievement. Dolphin earned his 4th MH pass - only one more to go. Pizza earned her 8th pass and her 3rd towards her Master Hunter Advanced title. All three dogs have worked very hard this fall, and it shows!

Noodle and Dolphin had a good agility month. Noodle earned her 11th Double QQ towards her PACH. Dolphin earned his 7th Double QQ towards his MACH! Slowly but surely we are making progress. Dolphin also earned his Time 2 Beat 2 title this month.

It was a Master Hunter trifecta at the hunt test! All three dogs earned awesome MH passes today. Noodle earned Master Hunter pass #34 towards her lifetime achievement. Dolphin earned his 3rd MH pass on the way to his title. Pizza earned her 7th pass and her 2nd towards her Master Hunter Advanced title. All three dogs had great scores!

Most of you know that Pretzel was diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer last year. Unfortunately, it spread to his eyes and other parts of his body. He was released from his pain on October 24, 2024 at age 12 1/2.

I don't know how to encapsulate in words what this dog means to me, or how he has changed my life. He and I shared so much together, our lives were completely entwined.

Pretzel and I did agility (he was so wild and out of control in his younger years, but oh so much fun!), rally and obedience (he hated heeling unless I cheered him on, but he did it for me), field work (he had the MOST dramatic point, and photos of him on point have been used by many organizations as graphics and silhouettes because he was so stylish). His biggest accomplishments came in the show ring. He was my very first show dog. He took me to #1 owner-handled Weim in the country, #1 owner-handled sporting dog, and for most of his life he was #1 owner-handled Weimaraner in lifetime points. He won best of breed at the NOHS finals in 2016 in Orlando. That same weekend he took an Award of Merit out of 40+ specials at the AKC National Championship show. He won several (regular) group ones, many other group placements, 2 NOHS best in show and 3 NOHS reserve best in show. He and I traveled all over the country together, slogging those miles in our old 2003 Ford Explorer (usually with Mark) hitting shows in new states and places I had never been. Every weekend we would find a place to hike after the show was done. I got to see so much of this country with Pretzel by my side. Out of only 3 litters, he sired 4 champions, a futurity winner, and two maturity winners.

It's so hard for me to accept the fact that he is gone. He has been my constant shadow, my confidant, the dog I could always count on. He taught me patience, he taught me about unconditional love, he taught me that there are no boundaries when you set a goal and that anything can be achieved with a lot of hard work. He taught me the joy of just 'being' - laying on the grass together watching the clouds, walking through the fields investigating every corner of the grasses. He taught me how to find happiness in the journey together. He taught me to never take any day for granted because each day is a jewel to be enjoyed.

So many people walked alongside us in our journey. My wonderful vet - Dr. Bando of Berwick Animal Clinic saw us through many crazy injuries and through this horrible cancer diagnosis. I met so many amazing people while Pretzel and I were traveling (all of my show and agility buddies, you know who you are!). Most important - through Pretzel I met Mark, and that is the greatest gift of all.

Run free, my beautiful, beautiful boy. You will always be at the forefront of my mind every time I set foot in the show ring. You will live on with your outstanding sons and daughters (especially Dolphin, Marshall, Chevy, Annie, Maizey, and Poppy). You will forever be young and wild in my mind. That's how I choose to remember you. Find my mom in heaven, I am sure she is waiting there with a plate full of cheese for you.

Dolphin passed the Weimaraner Club of America Shooting Dog Excellent ratings test. SDX is the highest level of shooting ratings given by the WCA.

Noodle took Best of Breed from the Veteran class at the Greater Cincinnati Weimaraner Club specialty! At age 8, she showed what a rockstar she is by beating 6 other bitch specials to win best in Specialty.

Noodle won High Triple and High Combined at an AKC Rally trial today! She earned these awards by qualifying and placing 4th in Rally Master, 1st place in Rally Excellent, and 1st place in Rally Advanced.

Dolphin finished his Advanced Handler Discrimination title at the AKC Scent Work trial in Lancaster, Ohio. In Handler Discrimination, the dog must locate his owner's scent hidden on a cotton ball in a room.

Noodle competed in the Excellent division at the 2024 AKC Rally National Championsips, and came away with three out of three qualifying runs.

May was all about the girls! Noodle cracked the Weimaraner national gun dog (field trial) rankings at #5 in the newly published list. She also earned her 25th Master Hunter pass, and another triple QQQ in agility.

Pizza had her first agility trial back after a long hiatus, and promptly earned her Agility Excellent (AX) title.

Noodle had an amazing showing at the 2024 Weimaraner National Specialty! She competed in Shooting Ratings, Retrieving Ratings, Agility, Rally, and Conformation. Noodle won the Most Versatile Senior Weimaraner for dogs aged 7 and older, and was second by only 1 1/2 points in the Most Versatile competition. She also qualified in Rally Master, Excellent, and Advanced, and won Rally High Triple. During the week in agility, she also earend a double QQ and a triple QQQ. The girl was on fire! She finished out the week earning a Tri-Athlete Award (her fourth in her career).

Dolphin earned a Tri-Athlete award at the 2024 Weimaraner National Specialty for qualifying in three or more disciplines. Dolphin competed in Shooting Ratings, Retrieving Ratings, Agility, Tally, and Conformation. This is his third national specialty, and he has earned a Tri-Athlete award in every single one!

Dolphin competed in his very first gun dog stakes at a field trial, and came out a big winner with a 1st place and major win! What a great start to his field trial career.

After taking over 2 months off from agility trials, Dolphin nails a beautiful Double QQ #6 towards his MACH! This was Master Standard Q #25, giving him his Master Agility Bronze (MXB) title.

Noodle's middle name is "Versatility"! In one single month she managed to earn an Agility double QQ, a Field Trial 2nd place in Open Limited Gun Dog, and a Rally triple QQQ. She competed in every event with drive and determination. The more work you throw at her, the more Noodle works!

Dolphin earned a Triple QQQ and Noodle earned a Double QQ at the POTC Agility Trial in Zanesville, Ohio. Both dogs brought their "A" games this weekend on some challenging master courses.

Dolphin started off 2024 by earning Master Jumpers Q #10 for his MXJ (Master Excellent Jumpers) title!

Pizza took a competitive 3rd place out of 20 dogs in the Amateur Gun Dog (Retrieving) stakes at the GSPMTN field trial in La Vergne, Tennessee. She hunted hard, was solid on her birds, and did a beautiful retrieve to hand in the callbacks to earn 3rd place and 1 retrieving credit towards her field championship.

Dolphin had a very successful day at the hunt test, passing his 4th Senior Hunter test with great scores (including a "10" in pointing) to finish his Senior Hunter title. This title gives him enough points to earn his Versatile Excellent 2 rating from the Weimaraner Club of America. He also passed his WCA Shooting Dog test on the same day, earning a whopping 3 titles in one day!

Dolphin laid down a nice run in Time 2 Beat at the agility trial in Sylvania, Ohio to win the class and finish out his T2B title. This makes Dolphin's 33rd AKC/WCA title, at only 3 1/2 years of age!

Pizza cracked the top 10 list for Weimaraners across the country competing in field trial Gun Dog stakes, after only trialing two weekends this year! In two weekends of 2023 she has earned two firsts and a second in gun dog stakes.

Pizza went 2 for 2 at a recent USDAA agility trial, winning the 24" class in both of her runs.

Dolphin won Best In Show at the Crossroads Canine Club UKC conformation show in Dayton, Ohio.

Dolphin earned Double QQ #4 at the Loyalhanna Agility Club trial in Latrobe, Pennsylvania with two solid first place finishes in Master Standard and Master Jumpers.

Noodle answered by getting her own double QQ #17 the next day with a first and second place finish. It was a great weekend of agility for the Weimaraner crew!

Dolphin earned his Master FAST (MXF) title with a big 1st place win in Midland Michigan!

At the GSCA Walking Field Trial, Pizza WON the Open Limited Gun Dog Stakes with 3 finds and a big run. She came back the second day and WON the Amateur Limited Gun Dog Stakes, again with 3 finds, and a spectacular honor! She finished her braces with a lot of speed and strength.

Noodle earned a 3rd place in Open Gun Dog, and another 3rd place in Amateur Gun Dog, both runs with multiple finds, an honor, and a nice strong run.

Noodle made a clean sweep of Rally Excellent A at the rally trial this wekend, earning 4 Q's and 4 first places to earn her Rally Excellent (RE) title! This is Noodle's 40th AKC/WCA title.

Pizza proves once again that she is much more than just a pretty face! She took 2nd in a very competitive Open Limited Gun Dog stake at a field trial in Kentucky this weekend. This is only her second time competing in a "broke dog" stake, and she impressed the judges with FOUR solid, beautiful points on 4 birds, and held perfectly through the flush and shot.

Noodle and Dolphin had a great agility weekend to start off 2023! Noodle finished her Master Bronze Jumpers title, which is 25 qualifying runs in Master Jumpers with Weaves. She now has both Bronze titles in Master Standard and Master Jumpers.

Dolphin had a great weekend, picking up that last Master Standard qualifying run to earn his Master Agility (MX) title. He also qualified in Master Jumpers, earning his very FIRST double QQ towards his MACH!

Video: Team About Time in 2022

Best Dog in Maturity
Master Hunter and Master Hunter Advanced
Oodles of Agility titles
2nd place (by only 3 points) Most Versatile Weimaraner at the 2022 National Specialty
2 Tri-Athlete Awards at the National Specialty

Noodle earned her 25th Master Standard qualifying run in agility, giving her the new title of Master Bronze Agility (MXB). She also earned her 10th Master FAST qualifying run, earning her Master FAST (MXF) title. It is also worth mentioning that she has earned two more Master Hunter passes in the past 2 weeks, bringing her MH title to 15. Noodle is one busy girl (and loves every minute of it!).

Noodle finished her Master Hunter Advanced title with some nice solid scores. The MHA title is earned when a Master Hunter earns 5 additional Master Hunter passes that scored an average of 8 or higher. This was Noodle's 12th Master Hunter pass (in less than a year!), whcih earned her the AKC Master Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award.

Noodle went on to earn an additional Master Hunter pass the next day, bringing her total up to 13 MH passes. Hunting is by far her most favorite thing to do. Seeing the joy on her face when she is running is worth every entry fee!

Dolphin did a great job at the Greater Cincinnati Weimaraner Club scent work trials. He finished his Advanced Containers title, and earned his first Excellent Q in Excellent Buried, which is pretty great since he has only been training in scent work for 8 months!

Dolphin had a fantastic weekend at the Licking River Kennel Club AKC Scent Work trial! He finished the following titles:
  ★ Novice Handler Discrimination (SDHN)
  ★ Novice Exteriors (SEN)
  ★ Novice Containers (SCN)
  ★ Overall Scent Work Novice title (SWN)
  ★ Advanced Buried (SIA)
  ★ Advanced Interiors (SBA)
His work ethic and enthusiasm was amazing!

Noodle dipped her toes in the obedience world, and successfully earned her Beginner Novice Obedience (BN) title at an obedience trial in Dayton, Ohio. This makes Noodle's 34th AKC/WCA title!

Dolphin breezed through his Excellent Agility titles this month, earning his Agility Excellent (AX), Agility Excellent Jumpers (AXJ) and Excellent FAST (XF) titles. At only 2 years of age, he is now competing at the Master level, working on his MACH title!

Noodle earned a qualifying score and won her Rally Advanced class at a rally trial in Cleveland Ohio. Her score was high enough to complete the requirements for qualifying for the AKC Rally National Championships in 2023!

Pizza went 3 for 4 at a double double hunt test in Indiana to finish her Master Hunter title! At only 2 1/2 years of age, she knocked out her Master Hunter in just 3 weekends of tests. This girl has super drive and trainability, and so much talent! Best of all, all of her MH scores were consistently very high, with many "10's" awarded.

With this new Master Hunter title, Pizza earned her "VX2" (Versatile Excellent 2) rating from the Weimaraner Club of America. Versatility is something we place a high value in, so this makes us extra proud!

Dolphin topped off his show career by WINNING Best Dog in Maturity at the 2022 Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty!With this prestigious win, Dolphin is now a Futurity and Maturity winner, along with a second place in the Field Futurity. We are especially proud of this, as this is very rare for our breed to place in such versatile futurities.

Dolphin had a great time at the 2022 Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty. He qualified in Novice Retrieving Dog, qualified in Agility and won High Scoring Open Jumpers (which also finished his Open Jumpers title, and was second in the Versatile Dog conformation class, along with WINNING his Maturity class. This gave him a National Specialty Tri-Athlete Award, and also earned him his VX (Versatile Excellent) rating from the WCA.

Noodle was a busy girl at the 2022 Weimaraner Club of America National Specialty! She qualified in 4 out of 5 runs in Masters agility, qualified in Rally and won the Rally Advanced class, qualified and earned a new title in Retrieving Dog, qualified in Beginner Novice Obedience, and won her Field titled Bitch class at the national specialty, earning her a Tri-Athlete Award (her third one in the past 3 nationals) and ended up in second place for Most Versatile Weimaraner, losing by only 3 points!

By earning her RD title, this gives her enough points for her VX3 rating (Versatile Excellent 3) in the Weimaraner Club of America. Versatility is where it's at!!!

Dolphin competed in his first AKC Scent Work trial on April 29-May 1, 2022. He qualified and won both rounds of Novice Handler Discrimination, and went on to finish the weekend with 13 qualifying runs with 7 wins (3 of which were under 7 seconds!) and new titles in Novice Interiors and Novice Buried.

Noodle and Pizza both earned Master Hunter passes at the hunt test in Shiloh, Ohio. Pizza is working on her Master Hunter title, and Noodle is working on her Master Hunter Advanced, and also her Master Hunter Lifetime Achievement title. of course, the titles are just for me...they are just overjoyed to be able to keep hunting!

Pizza received a certificate from the Weimaraner Club of America for finishing 2021 in the top 10 of all Weimaraners in Derby (field). She ended up at #5 in her short Derby career. Pizza is the only grand champion to finish in the top 10 of any Weimaraner field statictics last year.

Noodle and Pizza headed to the WCA Shooting Ratings test and an AKC Hunt Test in Jackson Springs, North Carolina. Both Noodle and Pizza passed their Shooting Dog Excellent (SDX) test for a new WCA title!

Noodle went on to earn TWO legs in Master Hunter Advanced, and Pizza earned her very first Master Hunter leg on her first try over the weekend. Both girls hunted hard, with great range, speed, and enthusiasm, and most of all - control!

February was all about agility, and we had another great weekend! Noodle was on fire, and picked up a TRIPLE Q in Masters Standard, Jumpers, and FAST all on one day. We are inching towards that MACH, little by little!

Pizza had some nice, speedy runs and picked up her first two Excellent Standard qualifying legs. She gets better and better and she builds confidence.

Dolphin had a great weekend where he learned a LOT! We opted to give up some clean runs to do a fix-and-go to reinforce his training, because the training is always more important than the Q's. I like to think we are building up our agility bank account for the future. Dolphin picked up his last Open FAST qualifying run to earn his OF title.

About Time Weims had yet another stellar weekend at the agility trial! Noodle earned two Masters Jumpers qualifying runs to finish her Masters Jumpers (MXJ) title. This title is Noodle's 28th AKC/WCA title! She topped off the weekend with a Masters Standard qualifying run, for a Double Q and points towards her MACH (Masters Agility Championship).

Dolphin put in a solid performance to qualify and finish his Novice Standard title. In his Open agility debut this weekend, he was phenomenal, with qualifying CLEAN runs in Open Standard, Open Jumpers, and Open FAST!

About Time Weims had a stellar weekend at the agility trial! Pizza was in season so she had the weekend off, but Noodle and Dolphin had some amazing runs to both earn two new titles each! Noodle earned her XF (Excellent FAST) title, and also earned her MX (Masters Agility) title. The MX title requires 10 qualifying runs that are clean and in time in Masters Standard.

Dolphin may only be a new Novice dog, but he has been running at the agility trials like an old pro! In just a few weekends, he finished his NAJ (Novice Agility Jumpers) title and his NF (Novice FAST) title. The best part is that he is having a blast running agility. That's the most important win of all!