Danehaven Detroit (known as Kenzie) made breed history in 2010 by becoming the first Nova Scotia Duck Tolling retriever to be awarded Best of Breed that was bred and owned by the exhibitor.

He has now done it again in 2014, being only the second dog to win Best of Breed twice. 


He is 7.5 years old and was originally donated to hearing dogs for the deaf at 8 weeks old but was returned at 8 months as he did not complete the training. 

He then went on to have a successful showing career, winning seven Best of Breeds at Championship shows and several at Open Shows,before CC's were awarded to the breeds. After CC's were awarded in March 2013 Kenzie has numerous reserve Best of Breed successes and now his Crufts' win.

Kenzie has sired several litters and some of his progeny have gone on to successful show and working careers.

April 28^th 2013 Spring Test Results

Ernie Bradshaw Trophy Winner
Scoring 79 out of 80 is Karen Vere-Hodge with Willconnor Velvet

JUDGES

Mr TR Dukes, Mr I Griffiths,  Mr G McCarthy & Mrs J Redpath

Novice

1^st Karen Vere-Hodge with Willconnor Velvet

2^nd Myles Platt with Edisbury Ebony

3^rd Judith White with Minstead Delvin

4^th Bill Williams with Heronsbrooke Night Owl

Open

1^st John Yarwood with Gosberry Governor

2^nd Frank McAdams with Shaemas O’Rourke

3^rd Gerallt Wyn with Ffynnongain Quest

4^th Ken Littlemore with Middlebrook Digger

C of M’s

Judith White with FTCH Labdom Lewis of Minstead

Karen Vere-Hodge with Willconnor Velvet

Dave Gallimore with Gallifield Riverbank Flush

The Winners and Judges

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ANNUAL WORKING TESTS 2013

 PUPPY 6-12 MONTHS

First       John Yarwood                 with    Gosberry Govenor

Whitter trophy winner with 100/100

PUPPY  12 -18 MONTHS

First       Wendy Tombs                           with    Chemsell  Obadiah

Second    Bob Clay                                    with    Chemsell Zinc of Oncote

Third       Harvey Jones                           with    Derramore Welsh Wizard

NOVICE

First         Wendy Tombs                         with    Chemsell Obadiah

Second     Kim Dutton                             with   Kenmilleven Midnight Kip

Third        Gay Hargreaves- Jones       with  Plas Wiggin Lady Wexford

Fourth      Jackie Owen                           with   Muggleswick Cha Cha of Marianbach

Certificate of Merit

Val Oakley                                                   with  Tereshenko Duke Joseph

Adrian Butler                                             with   Spartan Dan

OPEN

First           Gerallt  Wyn                          with   Ffynongain Quest

Second       Alan Fryer                             with   Patanavac Wilson of Kilnbeck

Third          Jackie Mchugh                     with   Muggleswick Salsa

Fourth        Ken Littlemore                    with  Middlebrook Digger

Certificate of Merit

Harvey Jones                                              with   Minstead Ace

Harvey Jones                                              with   Ty Newydd

Vicki Stanley                                               with   Minstead Scribbs

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CLWYD RETRIEVER CLUB FIELD TRIAL RESULTS 2013

ACTON REYNALD

FIRST                ROYSTON MORRIS            FFYNONGAIN MORRIS

C of M               ROZ McILROY                      AUTUMNWILLOW SCOUT

RAINFORD

THIRD             CHRIS DINSDALE                SPINNERBECK  PLOVE

TWO DAY AT CHECKLEY

FIRST              JUDITH WHITE                      FTCH LABDOM LEWIS OF MINSTEAD

SECOND         CHRIS DINSDALE                SPINNERBECK WAGTAIL

THIRD             TIM  MERRILL                       GLENANNE OAK

FOURTH         MARK BETTINSON            ASTRAGLEN MILO

 C of M             DAVID FIELD                          HOONSIDE ZULU WARRIOR OF ARTISTRYN

 CARROG

FIRST               NORMAN ONENS               KESTRELWAY FREDDIE

SECOND          GARY McCARTHY              MUGGLESWICK SAMBA

THIRD              DAVID LATHAM                  BEILEYS AGUZANNIS [IMP SVK] OF FENWOOD

FOURTH          HARVEY JONES                   MINSTEAD ACE

C of M              STEWART ARCH                   WOODPATH DORIS

SOUGHTON

FIRST               ANDREW JAMES                 AUTUMNWILLOW

 SECOND          JOHN YARWOOD      GOSBERRY GANGSTE

Eira benched

Eira and I represented Wales at Crufts in the International Freestyle competition. Performing at Crufts in front of a packed main arena crowd of 6000 people was the most amazing experience ever.  People ask me if I was nervous, but quite honestly I was just totally buzzing!

Eira CSJ qualifier

It was an early start to my Crufts day, arriving at 7am to give me chance to take Eira in to the main arena and for us both to get an idea of how big it was and all the things that might put us off.  I was mainly thinking that the big armed camera might take some getting used to but Eira was more interested in the marks on the floor (to mark the position of the agility equipment), She had to make sure they were not edible before she agreed to give her attention to me.

Eira jumping

At 11.00 we were briefed and from then it moved very quickly. The event on in the arena before us was agility and the collecting ring had a jump in it for competitors to warm up.  Eira loves agility and this didn’t help her excitement – I think she was a bit disappointed not to walk out to a full agility course!

Flic – a winner

The competitor before me sadly had to withdraw as her dog was really worried and unhappy, she kept trying to run towards the exits.  Having travelled all the way from Denmark the competitor must have been gutted not to compete but it was lovely to see her putting her dog first ra

ther than trying to make her work.

The withdrawal of the previous competitor meant that we were a bit rushed in!  The actual performance

went so quickly, every time I perform this piece I struggle to believe it is 4 minutes long because it feels like 2!  I couldn’t have asked more from Eira.

Flic – dancing

The adrenaline meant that she was even more excited than normal and that the timing and clarity of my commands wasn’t top notch either!  Leading up to the competition, she had been a bit sticky on a couple of moves, I had been practicing these moves at home and my partner said he was holding his breath in the crowd when I did them, but she was perfect.

Talking about training, I’m always asked by people ‘do I train a lot?’ I very rarely train a whole routine, I just do 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there, working on a particular move.  With Eira, once she has learnt a move it’s easy to incorporate putting it in to a routine.  The hardest bit is coming up with the ideas, music and choreography – that takes me a lot more time than training the dog to actually do it!

My scores were amazing!  Unfortunately as expected Eira barked and not just a bit – I have an ongoing issue with barking and it is sometimes worse than others. This time, she barked the WHOLE way through. The atmosphere just sent her off the scale – she must get her gobbiness from me!   The barking meant that I got some pretty hefty deductions as there is a rule that says they shouldn’t bark.

International Group

My final placing was 9^th out of 10.  I would have been 5^th without the barking deductions but to be honest I didn’t care where I came, the standard was phenomenal. We were up against World and European champions! I was just so pleased we put on a good performance and that Eira was happy and really showed what she could do.

I had an overwhelming amount of support and nice comments about our performance which was just wonderful and made the experience even more brilliant.  I am one very lucky girl!