Current Training Focus – NAVHDA Utility Test Prep. & AKC Master Hunter Prep.
Hunt Testing Results
AKC Junior Hunt Testing – Titled
NAVHDA Natural Ability – Titled: Prize 1 (105)
NAVHDA Utility Test – Spring 2025
AKC Master Hunt Testing – Spring 2025
Bloodlines – Solid international blood lines on the Sire’s side. Eros is a large dog with a heavy bone structure. Strong American field bloodlines on the Dam’s side. Several Field Champions and Amateur Field Champions. Two Duel Champions.
Physical Appearance – Liver and white with a solid liver head, heavy ticking, and a large liver patch on one side. Turbo is “put together”. Lean and all muscle. Very good agility, quickness, and speed for his size.
Hunting – Just a rock solid hunting dog. Solid prey drive and works a nice pattern in the field. Hunts at a medium range. Hunts with confidence and has the best nose of all my dogs. He retrieves to hand on land and in water. Our long term training goals for Turbo include preparation to achieve a NAVHDA Utility Test Prize I, participation in the NAVHDA Invitational (if he achieves a UT P1), and AKC Master Hunter Testing and Master Hunter Advanced.
Companionship – Turbo is an absolute joy to be around. He has a very easy going temperament. He loves people and loves to play with our other dogs. He is crate trained, house trained, heel trained, etc. Overall, Turbo is pretty happy go lucky and seems to have a good time all the time. Nothing seems to bother him.
Current Training Focus – Advanced Steadiness, Backing, Force Fetch
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC Junior Hunt Testing – March 2025
AKC Senior Hunt Testing – April 2025
Bloodlines – Solid international blood lines on the Sire’s side. Twist Del Cakic, is imported from Serbia and a decorated international working champion in Italy and Serbia. Strong American field bloodlines on the Dam’s side (see Bella on this page). Several Field Champions and Amateur Field Champions. Two Duel Champions.
Physical appearance – Very nice looking pup. Very confident gate and walks/runs with a high head and a high tail. Very athletic. Strong and agile.
Hunting – Strong tracker in the field. Has been introduced to birds and shotgun fire. He has 3 junior hunt brace passes from this past testing season. Very strong bird drive and a staunch pointer. Nitro is currently in training to reel in is tendency to hunt too independently. He is also working on becoming steady to wing and shot and to back other dogs. After that he will be force fetched. Nitro has all the tools to be a nice dog but is an example of a young dog that will need more time to bring it all together.
Companionship – Nitro is very friendly and doesn’t seem to get “rattled” by too much. He loves to play with our other dogs. He displays good basic obedience in the house and complies with the “kennel”, “here”, and “whoa” commands. He is crated trained and potty trained.
Current training focus – Advanced Steadiness and Force Fetch
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC Senior Hunt Testing – Fall 2025
Bloodlines – Solid international blood lines. The Sire,Twist Del Cakic, is imported from Serbia and a decorated international working champion in Italy and Serbia. The also has international champions throughout.
Physical Appearance – If Erk were a football player he would be a middle linebacker. Pure athlete. He is strong, quick, and agile. He is surprisingly fast for his size as well.
Hunting – Erk is a medium range hunter with solid drive and a very staunch point. Handles really well. He is very close to being a complete/finished hunting dog. He just needs a little more work on his steadiness, his retrieves, and to firm up his honoring skills (which we are addressing now).
Companionship – Erk has a good off switch. We do not have him in the house too often but when we do, he owns the sofa (too big to be a lap dog). Good with kids, good with other dogs. Not so good with cats. However, overall, a solid temperament.
Current Training Focus – AKC Senior Hunting Skills
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC Senior Hunt Testing – Spring 2025
AKC Master Hunt Testing – Spring 2026
Bloodlines – Vonnie has very strong hunting and field trial bloodlines. She has hall of fame GSP’s in her pedigree (Rusty’s Blue Earth Rexx, Dixieland’s Rusty, etc). Both parents – Muddy Creek King Louie and Muddy Creek Phoenix are polished bird dogs.
Physical Appearance – Vonnie is short and stocky. Very muscular and athletic. More patching than ticking and has a solid live head. Very healthy coat. Vonnie is not going to be very big but overall a great looking bird dog.
Hunting – Vonnie is close to being a finished hunting gun dog. She is a bird finder with a super nose. Points with great style and holds until flush. She has a great hunting pace and can cover a field quickly while still hunting close. Pretty consistent retriever. Just a solid gun dog that is all business in the field. With additional training we expect her to quickly advance in the skills it will take to title as a Master Hunter.
Companionship – Vonnie is a very sweet dog. She has a relatively calm demeanor in the house and has not yet met a lap she didn’t like. She gets along pretty well with our other animals as well. She loves being with people and is a good car rider. We do think she has a touch of separation anxiety as she will chew on things if left alone. However, as with our other dogs, we have crate trained her and that has resolved any issues with that.
Training Status – Basic Obedience and Field Introduction
Current Training Focus – AKC Junior Hunting Skills
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC junior hunt testing – January 2025
NAVHDA natural ability testing – September 2025
AKC master hunter testing – Spring 2026
AKC field championship – Fall 2026/Spring 2027
NAVHDA utility testing – Fall 2027
Bloodlines – Outlaw is extremely well bred. He comes from a long line of versatile and field champions. Very deep gene pool of proven dogs in AKC hunt tests, AKC field trials, and NAVHDA hunt tests.
Physical Appearance – Solid liver and very lean and lanky. Right now he is all legs and has huge paws. We expect him to be tall and slender once all is said and done.
Hunting – Outlaw is just now being introduced to the field. So far he is having fun. He does not venture out too far and he checks back regularly. Learning to search a field. Bird introdcuction is complete and he is scent pointing. Working now to continue exposing him to birds to bring out his natural drive. Also exposing him to hallway retrieves and obedience clicker training. Off to a great start.
Companionship – Outlaw is the sweetest boy ever. He is a house dog and he loves to play with us and our other dogs. Lots of energy but he has avoided getting into trouble because we keep him busy.
Training Status – Obedience, Advanced Steadiness, Force Fetch
Current Training Focus – AKC Senior Hunting Skills
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC Junior Hunt Testing – Titled
AKC Senior Hunt Testing – Spring 2025
Bloodlines – Solid international blood lines. Her sire comes from some of the oldest German lines – Hege-Haus.
Physical Appearance – We absolutely love Stormy’s color scheme. Size wise, she is the largest of our females and could pass as a male if you weren’t looking.
Hunting – Stormy is developing into a very solid medium range hunter. She handles very well. She is not overly fast but she keeps a very steady pace. She has good bird drive, a solid point, and loves to retrieve. She also backs/honors naturally.
Companionship – Stormy is likely the sweetest dog out of all of our dogs. She loves people. She loves to be next to you and to be petted. Stormy’s more an off switch dog that has to turn on when it’s time to hunt whereas most of our other dogs are on switch dogs that have to be turned off. We absolutely love Stormy and look forward to many years hunting as well as the possibility of having her in our breeding program.
Backwater’s Husker Girl Eagle Ranch JH & NA P1 “Husker“
Parents
Sire – Hunt’em Up’s Leave No Doubt MH & UT P1, NA P1
Dam – Hardwood’s Time To Head North MH & UT P1, NA P1
NAVHDA Natural Ability Testing – Titled: Prize I (110)
AKC Master Hunt Testing – Spring 2025
AKC Field Championship – Fall 2025/Spring 2026
NAVHDA Utility Testing – Fall 2026
Bloodlines – Husker comes from some of the best versatile hunting lines in the business. Top to bottom and on both sides of the pedigree she is loaded with champions in her gene pool.
Physical Appearance – Husker is a beautiful liver and white (mostly white) pup. Very easy to see in the field. She was the runt of the litter and will be a little smaller as an adult but has a very athletic build.
Hunting – This young lady is going to do great things. She is a complete natural as a retriever. She hunts at a medium-to-long range but checks in so easy to hunt behind on foot. A natural when it comes to working the wind. She is super fast with a strong, steady point. The best thing I can say to describe Husker in the field is fun! She straight up loves to be in the field and loves to hunt. During her training this summer we recognized right away that after AKC master hunter she needs to work on a field championship. She is so fast and will range out to find birds that we think this is the next natural step for her development. During our big fall trip she had ample opportunities to point wild birds and had at least one back on a wild pheasant and a couple of retrieves.
Companionship – Husker is absolutely as sweet as she can be. Loves everybody and loves all of are other dogs. She has is a very confident dog and holds her own with even the largest of our dogs. We love having her around.
Training Status – House trained, introduced to upland hunting situations
Current Training Focus – AKC Junior Hunting Skills
Hunt Testing Planned Schedule
AKC Junior Hunt Testing – Winter 2025
NAVHDA Natural Ability – Spring 2025
AKC Senior Hunt Testing – Fall/Winter 2025
AKC Master Hunt Testing – Spring 2026
NAVHDA Utility Testing – Spring 2027
Bloodlines – Max comes from bloodlines loaded with Master Hunters, Field Champions, NSTRA Champions, and NAVHDA Prized dogs. Very well bred in terms of proven versatile hunting performance.
Physical Appearance – Max is going to be a big dog. He is already 58 pounds at 11 months so we expect him to be 70 pounds. He has a lot of liver patching and not as much ticking as some others but overall, a great looking dog.
Hunting – Max is a natural. He got a little bit of a late start with training but has shown us a lot in a short period of time. Max is a medium range hunter that naturally quarters fields, works hedge rows and fence lines, and other structures that would hold birds. Very solid point with a lot of steadiness prior to flush. Overall, we love him as a hunter and believe he has a lot of upside.
Companionship – Max has a nice personality. Very friendly to everyone and still very much a puppy. Loves to play with the other dogs. Overall, he is pretty easy going and doesn’t let too much bother him.
