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STAN: IT'S THE UKC
VIRTUAL LIVE STAGE.
I'M STAN MATSUMOTO, AND
WITH ME IS NICOLE SEDLECKY.
NICOLE: HOW IS YOUR VIRTUAL
PREMIER EXPERIENCE GOING, STAN?
STAN: I THINK
THIS IS FABULOUS.
NICOLE: YEAH, I'M
HAVING A BALL.
IT'S REALLY COOL
THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO DO ALL
OF THIS,
AND THE NUMBER OF DOGS,
NUMBER OF OWNERS THAT SENT IN
VIDEOS OF THEIR DOGS FOR US
TO DO THIS VIRTUAL EVENT.
STAN: AND THEY'RE
FILMING FROM HOME,
THEY'RE FILMING
FROM A DOG SHOW,
THEY'RE FILMING
FROM ALL OVER.
WE HAVE SOME PICTURES
OF DOGS IN A PASTURE,
AND YOU CAN HEAR COWS
IN THE BACKGROUND.
NICOLE: I MEAN,
LITERALLY ALL OVER.
WE HAVE DOGS FROM FINLAND,
THE UK, VANCOUVER, TEXAS.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
HERE, ON THIS SAME STAGE.
STAN: AND SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE SHEER NOVICES,
AND SOME ARE EXPERIENCED
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
IN DOGS FOR YEARS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I
FIND INTERESTING.
NICOLE: YEAH, IT'S AN AMAZING
EVENT, AND, SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THE
GUARDIAN GROUP, SCENTHOUNDS,
AND SIGHTHOUNDS, AND ARE
NOW AT THE GUNDOG GROUP.
STAN: WE'RE HALFWAY THERE.
NICOLE: HALFWAY.
THE GUNDOG GROUP IS COMPRISED
OF RETRIEVERS THAT ARE MEANT
TO RETRIEVE FOWL, TYPICALLY
IN THE WATER OR ON LAND.
THERE'S ALSO THE POINTERS WHO
SHOW THEIR HANDLERS WHERE BIRDS
ARE IN THE FIELD, SETTERS WHO
ALSO SHOW WHERE THE BIRDS ARE
BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, AND
OUR FLUSHERS WHO RUN THROUGH
THE FIELD AND FLUSH THE
BIRDS UP INTO THE AIR.
ALL RIGHT, WHO IS OUR
JUDGE FOR THE GUNDOG GROUP?
STAN: KEVIN IZARD-CARROLL
IS GOING TO JUDGE
OUR GUNDOG GROUP, SO
LET'S GET STARTED.
NICOLE: ALL RIGHT,
STARTING THE GUNDOG GROUP
IS EPAGNEUL BRETON 401, MILES
RHYS DE PAYS DE SOLEIL,
RHYS, OWNED BY LAURIE
REETER-BROWN OF TEXAS.
STAN: COMMONLY KNOWN
AS THE FRENCH BRITTANY.
NICOLE: AREN'T BRITTANY'S
FROM FRANCE?
STAN: YES.
NICOLE: SO WHAT MAKES THE
FRENCH BRITTANY MORE FRENCH?
STAN: JUST THE MAKE AND SHAPE.
NICOLE: I KNOW FROM THEIR BREED
STANDARD THE HEAD IS A VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.
STAN: IT'S VERY HEAVY, UNLIKE
THE BRITTANY THAT WE KNOW.
AND THEIR BODY
STYLE IS DIFFERENT.
AGAIN, HEAVY.
BUT THEY'RE BOTH
GREAT HUNTING BREEDS.
NICOLE: SO HOW DO THEY HUNT?
BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE
CALLED THE BRITTANY SPANIEL.
STAN: CORRECT.
NICOLE: BUT...
I'VE HEARD THAT THEY DON'T
TRULY HUNT LIKE A SPANIEL.
STAN: NO, THEY HUNT MORE LIKE
A SETTER, AND THEY HUNT THE...
THE PEOPLE, THE HUNTERS, I
BELIEVE, HUNT FROM HORSEBACK,
DON'T THEY?
NICOLE: YES, MANY DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE
WITH THE EPAGNEUL BRETONS.
STAN: I DON'T THINK THE BRETON,
BUT I THINK WITH THE ACTUAL
BRITTANY THEY DO.
NICOLE: EPAGNEUL BRETONS
ARE VERY VERSATILE IN THAT
SO MANY OF THEM THAT
SHOW IN CONFORMATION
ALSO DO FIELD TRIAL.
JUST LIKE THE TOTAL
DOG SHOULD BE.
NEXT WE HAVE GORDON SETTER
402, BLACKFORKS SWEET DREAM,
WILLOW, OWNED BY CHARLOTTE
MOUDY OF ARKANSAS.
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STAN: THE GORDON SETTER
IS THE HEAVIEST OF
THE FOUR IRISH BREEDS.
NICOLE: THE FOUR IRISH BREEDS?
FOUR SETTERS.
STAN: FOUR SETTER BREEDS.
NICOLE: BECAUSE I KNOW--
I THINK YOU GOT CONFUSED,
OR, YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE
OF THE IRISH SETTER.
STAN: YES.
AND THE IRISH RED
AND WHITE SETTER.
NICOLE: IS THE IRISH
SETTER THE SMALLEST, LIKE,
THE LIGHTEST-BONED
OF THE SETTER BREEDS?
STAN: PROBABLY.
ALTHOUGH THE RED AND
WHITE IS FINE-- NO,
THE RED AND WHITE I BELIEVE
IS PROBABLY FINER-BONED
THAN THE IRISH SETTER.
NICOLE: SO, THIS IS WILLOW.
WILLOW'S PERFORMANCE
EVENT IS NOSE WORK.
STAN: WHICH STANDS TO REASON,
AGAIN, A HUNTING DOG.
NICOLE: WILLOW IS VERY BIRDY.
HER FAVORITE BIRDS ARE
THE C-130 MILITARY PLANES
THAT FLY OVER HER HOUSE DAILY.
[LAUGHS]
STAN: THAT'S TOO FUNNY.
NICOLE: SHE SEES THEM COMING
AND BEGINS HER STALKING.
STAN: OH, NOW HERE IS A
BREED THAT YOU SHOULD BE
VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
NICOLE: I AM, THE
STANDARD POODLE.
THIS IS STANDARD POODLE 403,
FAMILY AFFAIR'S STORM THE
CASTLE, STORM, OWNED BY SARAH
SCARBOROUGH OF WASHINGTON.
SO, YEAH, WITH
STANDARD POODLES,
THEY COME IN A
VARIETY OF COLORS.
LIKE I SAID, UKC IS THE
ONLY REGISTRY THAT ALLOWS
THE MULTICOLOR POODLE TO
SHOW IN CONFORMATION.
THIS IS A SOLID,
STORM, HE IS A BLUE.
STAN: AND YOU WANT TO TOUCH
UPON WHY THEY HAVE THE CLIPS
ON THESE DOGS AND WHY THEY'RE
CLIPPED IN SUCH A MANNER
THAT PEOPLE REFER TO
THEM AS POOFS, BUT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY
BRACELETS AND--
NICOLE: AND ROSETTES?
YEAH, SO, IT'S A
HISTORICAL TRIM,
THE ONE THAT YOU
SAW WITH STORM.
THAT IS CALLED THE
CONTINENTAL TRIM.
IT IS USED TO PROTECT
THE ORGANS OF THE DOG AS
THEY RETRIEVE AND GOT DUCKS
IN THE COLD WATER.
STAN: AND THE JOINTS, YES.
NICOLE: THEY'RE ONE OF THE
FIRST RETRIEVER BREEDS.
WE NOW HAVE GERMAN
SHORTHAIRED POINTER, DOG 404.
BATTAGLIA-HOFMANN'S
GUNNER, OWNED BY
ALYSSA HOFMANN OF ILLINOIS.
GUNNER IS HER FIRST
COMPETITION DOG.
- GUNNER, COME HERE.
NICOLE: BIG GOOFBALL, AND
COMPETES IN NOSE WORK,
OBEDIENCE, RALLY,
AND AGILITY.
LOVES SWIMMING MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
STAN: THESE ARE
GREAT HUNTING DOGS.
NICOLE: OH, THEY DO EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A BIT
MORE ENERGY THAN SOME BREEDS.
STAN: VERY MUCH ENERGY, YES.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS
WILLING TO GO.
NICOLE: REALLY FUN
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITH
AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.
NOW, THIS DOG, YOU
NORMALLY SEE A BIT MORE
WHITE IN THE PATTERN.
STAN: OR TICKING.
NICOLE: TICKING.
STAN: THIS IS LIVER.
NICOLE: BUT THEY CAN JUST
BE SHOWN SOLID LIKE THAT.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY.
NICOLE: WOW.
- HAND.
NICOLE: GOOD JOB, GUNNER.
STAN: ACTUALLY, IN UKC YOU CAN
HAVE THEM EVEN IN BLACK COLOR,
AND OTHER REGISTERS YOU CAN'T.
NICOLE: YEAH, UKC IS GREAT
ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE DOG'S
STRUCTURE DOESN'T NECESSARILY
COME FROM THEIR COLOR.
STAN: RIGHT.
NICOLE: AND JUST BECAUSE
A COLOR IS A RECESSIVE
IN THE BREED--
STAN: IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE DOG'S FUNCTION
FOR WHY IT WAS BRED.
NICOLE: IT'S PART OF THE DOG'S,
THE BREED'S HISTORY, AND SO--
STAN: AND HERE'S THE
TYPICAL GERMAN SHORTHAIRED
THAT YOU SEE, AS FAR
AS COLOR GOES.
NICOLE: THIS IS GERMAN
SHORTHAIRED POINTER 405,
BLUE STAR'S CIRCLE
VON BOON RUGER.
HIS NAME IS RUGER,
AGAIN OWNED BY
ALYSSA BATTAGLIA-HOFMANN
OF ILLINOIS.
RUGER, RUGER-- I'M SORRY,
GUNNER DOESN'T SWIM.
WELL, HE MIGHT.
BUT RUGER LOVES SWIMMING
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
STAN: AND WHAT WAS
HIS PERFORMANCE?
NICOLE: HIS PERFORMANCE
WAS NOSE WORK.
HE ALSO COMPETES IN OBEDIENCE,
RALLY, AND AGILITY.
VERY TALENTED.
STAN: MULTI-FACETED DOG.
HERE SHE'S SHOWING US THE BITE,
AND ON A GERMAN SHORTHAIRED
IT SHOULD BE A SCISSORS
BITE WHERE THE TOP INCISORS
FIT NICE AND TIGHTLY SNUG
OVER THE LOWER INCISORS.
NICOLE: WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT FOR A GUNDOG?
STAN: BECAUSE SOMETIMES
THEY HAVE TO PICK UP PREY,
PICK UP BIRDS, AND
THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT.
NICOLE: NEXT WE HAVE
GOLDEN RETRIEVER 406,
RYDBERGS LIL SPARK OF RED.
NAME IS RHODE, OWNED
BY JERICA OF WISCONSIN.
STAN: INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,
WITH GOLDEN RETRIEVERS
THEY COME IN ALL SHADES OF
GOLD, FROM A LIGHTER GOLD
TO A DARKER GOLD.
AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT'S
BETTER THAN ANOTHER COLOR.
JUST SO IT'S ALL IN
THE SHADES OF GOLD.
NICOLE: YEAH, HE IS,
HE SEEMS TO BE A
REALLY PRETTY GOLDEN
COLOR, RICH GOLD.
STAN: YES.
NICOLE: RHODE LOVES
TO CLIMB TREES.
[LAUGHS]
STAN: INTERESTING.
NICOLE: MAYBE-- WERE
GOLDENS PART OF TREE--
STAN: NO, NO.
NICOLE: DID THEY COME
FROM TREE WALKERS?
STAN: BUT HERE, WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE SENDING
THEIR VIDEOS IN, OBVIOUSLY THIS
YOUNG LADY WAS AT A DOG SHOW.
NICOLE: SHE LOOKS LIKE
SHE'S AT A FAIRGROUNDS.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY,
AND SHE DECIDED THAT
THIS IS WHEN SHE'S GOING
TO DO HER FILMING.
NICOLE: WHAT A PERFECT TIME,
YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR DOG
WASHED AND READY.
THEY'RE PROBABLY
PRACTICING FOR THE RING.
STAN: YEAH.
NICOLE: HERE WE HAVE--
OH, WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT BRITTANYS.
STAN: THE BRITTANY.
NICOLE: THIS IS BRITTANY-- WE
SAW THE FRENCH BRITTANY BEFORE,
THE FIRST DOG IN
THE GUNDOG GROUP.
THIS IS ZEEK, K STAR HOPE
POUR TEA-Z-MAN, ZEEK.
OWNED BY MARY SHANNON
OF VIRGINIA.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
ABOUT THE FRENCH BRITTANYS
HAVING SHORTER LEGS AND A
LITTLE BIT BLOCKIER HEAD.
STAN: MORE STOCKIER BODY,
LOWER TO THE GROUND.
NICOLE: BRITTANYS ARE
A VERY LEGGY BREED.
STAN: YES.
SUPPOSED TO BE A SQUARE BREED,
BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE
A LITTLE LIGHT
UNDERNEATH THEM.
WHEREAS THE FRENCH BRITTANY,
OR THE BRETON,
THEY'RE A LITTLE
LOWER TO THE GROUND.
THESE ARE FABULOUS BIRD DOGS,
AND TO WATCH THEM HUNT
IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
NICOLE: MARY SHANNON, THE
OWNER OF THIS BRITTANY,
SHE ALWAYS HELPS US AT PREMIER.
SHE IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT
RINGSTERING FOR US.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
SEE HER THIS YEAR,
BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE STILL
GOT TO SEE HER ON VIDEO.
STAN: WELL, AND HERE
YOU GO, LOOK, AGAIN,
SHE'S GOT HER BACKYARD OR
HER FRONT YARD OR WHEREVER
SHE IS SET UP IN A RING, JUST
LIKE AT A REGULAR DOG SHOW.
NICOLE: YES, THIS
IS BRITTANY 408,
K STAR CAN HOLLY
SNO BEST, HOLLY.
AGAIN, OWNED BY MARY SHANNON.
AND SHE-- I KNOW FROM TALKING
TO HER AT PREMIER WHILE
SHE IS RINGSTERING FOR US
AND THINGS THAT HER DOGS
DO COMPETE IN FIELD TRIALS.
PEOPLE THAT OWN BRITTANYS,
THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE
A LOT OF DUAL CHAMPIONS.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY.
NICOLE: MORE THAN OTHER BREEDS.
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NOW, THIS COLOR
IS ORANGE, RIGHT?
STAN: YES.
NICOLE: BUT THEY
ALSO COME IN LIVER.
STAN: YES.
♪♪♪
HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER
GOLDEN RETRIEVER.
AND LIKE I WAS-- LIKE WE
WERE REFERRING TO COLOR,
YOU CAN SEE THE
DIFFERENCE IN COLOR.
NICOLE: YES, THIS IS
GOLDEN RETRIEVER 409,
FOREVER SKYES THE LIMIT, SKYE.
STAN: AND THIS IS MORE OF
A MEDIUM COLOR OF GOLDEN.
NICOLE: SKYE IS A SMART,
ENERGETIC, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY PUP.
- GOOD GIRL.
NICOLE: GOLDEN RETRIEVER, I
MEAN, EVERYONE THINKS OF GOLDENS
AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
AMERICA'S BREEDS, RIGHT?
YOU SEE THEM A VERY, VERY
POPULAR FAMILY BREED.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'RE WHAT YOU
CALL A VELCRO BREED.
THEY LOVE THEIR OWNERS, AND
THEY PLASTER THEMSELVES
WITH THEIR OWNERS.
THEY WANT TO DO THINGS
WITH THEIR OWNERS.
NICOLE: YOU SEE THEM
EXCEL A LOT IN OBEDIENCE
FOR THAT REASON.
THEY WANT TO PLEASE.
- GOOD GIRL.
NICOLE: SOMETIMES THEY
DON'T-- THEY WANT TO PLEASE,
AND EVEN IF THEY
DON'T KNOW HOW TO YET.
STAN: I'VE TALKED TO A
LOT OF OBEDIENCE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, REALLY SERIOUS
OBEDIENCE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOW JUDGES.
AND THEY SAY GOLDEN RETRIEVERS
ARE A HARDER BREED TO TRAIN,
BUT ONCE THEY LEARN IT,
THEY NEVER FORGET IT.
NICOLE: RIGHT.
EVERYONE WHO HAS A
GOLDEN RETRIEVER AT HOME
SHOULD SEND US THEIR
PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY, AND THERE'S
A LOT OF YOU FOLKS
THAT HAVE GOLDENS, BECAUSE
WE SEE A LOT OF THEM.
NICOLE: WE HAVE
GOLDEN RETRIEVER 410,
RED OAK'S MY SWEET
GIRL ADDISON.
ADDISON IS OWNED BY JENNIFER
KRESSIN OF WISCONSIN.
STAN: AND, AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE
THIS DOG IS AT A DOG SHOW.
AND SHE'S OUT THERE
JUST PRACTICING,
SENDING IN HER VIDEO.
SHE'S SHOWING FRONT INCISORS
AND SIDE DENTITION,
BECAUSE SIDE DENTITION IS
CALLED FOR IN A GOLDEN.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE FULL DENTITION.
SO THAT MEANS THEY CAN
PICK UP THAT CANADIAN GOOSE
AND NOT DROP IT.
IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE SIDE
DENTITION, THEIR SIDE TEETH,
THE DOG WOULD JUST--
NICOLE: THEY'D ONLY HAVE THE ONE
POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE BIRD.
STAN: ABSOLUTELY.
NOW THEY HAVE ALL
THAT CONTACT, 42.
NICOLE: 42 WHAT?
STAN: TEETH.
NICOLE: OH!
STAN: SO, TECHNICALLY 42...
POINTS OF CONTACT.
NICOLE: NOW, THIS-- WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE COLORS.
BUT THIS DOG, IT'S
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER,
MORE FULL THAN THE FIRST DOG,
THE FIRST GOLDEN THAT WE SAW.
STAN: THIS LOOKS A LITTLE
OLDER, A LITTLE MORE MATURE.
NICOLE: NEXT WE HAVE
GOLDEN RETRIEVER 411.
STAN: AND HERE THIS YOUNG MAN
IS SHOWING US THE SIDE TEETH.
AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S JUST
LEARNING, BUT HE'S DOING IT.
NICOLE: I LOVE
HIS LITTLE OUTFIT.
THIS IS FOREVER CHAMPAGNE
#12 RODGERS.
RODGERS IS OWNED
BY AUSTIN KRESSIN.
STAN: AND THE DOG IS
BIGGER THAN THE HANDLER.
NICOLE: OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT
HOW SWEET THAT DOG IS THOUGH.
STAN: TOO CUTE.
NICOLE: HE'LL DO
ANYTHING FOR THAT KID.
STAN: AND AUSTIN'S ALL
DRESSED UP, LOOK IT.
NICOLE: HE'S READY TO GO.
STAN: SHIRT AND TIE
AND READY TO SHOW.
NICOLE: I BET HE WAS
PARTICIPATING IN
OUR JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP EVENT.
STAN: AND THAT'S ONE
THING IN JUNIORS.
YOU JUST DON'T GO IN
LIKE YOU'RE CUTTING
THE GRASS IN THE BACKYARD.
YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
DRESSED FOR THE EVENT, CORRECT.
AND AUSTIN SURELY IS.
NICOLE: I LOVE HOW HE KNOWS
HOW TO GET HIS DOG TO SIT.
STAN: OBVIOUSLY THIS MUST
BE AUSTIN'S OTHER BROTHER.
[LAUGHS]
NICOLE: AUSTIN-- OR, SORRY.
THIS IS LABRADOR RETRIEVER 412,
HOFFMANN'S MARTIN DOG KRESSIN.
MARTIN IS OWNED
BY LOGAN KRESSIN,
WHO I AM ASSUMING
IS AUSTIN'S BROTHER.
STAN: RIGHT, SAME FAMILY.
NICOLE: THIS IS A
LABRADOR, YELLOW LAB.
AND LOOK AT THAT
TAIL, MY GOODNESS.
STAN: THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
WHAT THEY CALL AN OTTER TAIL,
ONE OF THE HALLMARK
QUALITIES OF THE BREED.
LABRADORS ARE JUDGED BY
HEAD, COAT, AND TAIL.
NICOLE: SO OTTER TAIL MEANING
JUST THE WEIGHT AND THE
THICKNESS OF IT?
STAN: A NICE THICK TAIL.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE SPOKE
ABOUT THE WHIPPET AND ACTING
AS A RUDDER, THE LABRADOR
RETRIEVER'S TAIL ACTS
AS A RUDDER IN THE WATER.
NICOLE: AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE
RECOGNIZABLE FAMILY BREEDS.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REGISTERED
BREED IN THE COUNTRY.
GREAT FAMILY DOG,
AS YOU CAN SEE.
- VERY NICE.
STAN: HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
OF THE RETRIEVING BREEDS.
NICOLE: THE FLAT-COAT RETRIEVER
413, RUSHS Q UP THE BAND,
MAESTRO, OWNED BY ANNIE
PRANGE OF ONTARIO, CANADA.
STAN: AND DID YOU SEE HOW SHE--
NOTICED HOW SHE PATTED
THE DOG'S HEAD TO
SHOW THE JUDGE?
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WHAT
THEY CALL A ONE-PIECE HEAD.
EVERYTHING IS SMOOTH AND IT
ALL FITS TOGETHER, WELL-KNIT.
NICOLE: OH YEAH,
I CAN SEE THAT.
STAN: NO BULGES,
NO BULKS OR NOTHING.
IT'S JUST ONE SMOOTH MOTION.
NICOLE: MAESTRO
COMPETES IN NOSE WORK,
AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER THE
FIRST FLAT-COAT RETRIEVER TO
EARN THE ELITE NOSE WORK TITLE,
AND ONLY FLAT-COAT TO EARN
THE NOSE WORK CHAMPION TITLE.
STAN: THIS CAN BE
A SILLY BREED.
NICOLE: THEY LOOK A LOT
LIKE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS.
STAN: BUT THEIR COLOR IS...?
NICOLE: WELL, THEY'RE BLACK.
STAN: AND...?
NICOLE: BROWN? OR--
STAN: LIVER.
NICOLE: LIVER, LIVER, OKAY.
STAN: WE SEE MORE BLACK-COLORED
FLAT-COATS THAN WE DO LIVERS.
NICOLE: OKAY, AND THIS
IS ANOTHER FLAT-COAT.
414, RUSHS TRUE
ILLUSION, TRIX,
OWNED BY ANNIE PRANGE
OF ONTARIO, CANADA.
STAN: THAT TAIL
NEVER STOPS WAGGING.
[NICOLE GIGGLES]
NICOLE: SO, FUN FACT ABOUT
TRIX IS HE DOES KNOW A VERY
SPECIAL TRICK, AND THAT
IS HE CAN DO A HANDSTAND
WITH HIS BACK FEET
ON THE WALL.
[LAUGHS]
STAN: THAT'S TOO FUNNY.
DID SHE SEND A PICTURE OF THAT?
NICOLE: I DON'T-- HER
PERFORMANCE VIDEO IS
AGAIN OF NOSE WORK, BUT MAYBE
IT'S INTERIORS AND HE DOES
A HANDSTAND, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
STAN: SHE SHOULD
SEND US A VIDEO.
THAT WOULD BE WILD TO SEE.
NICOLE: ANNIE, SEND US A
VIDEO ON YOUR, ON FACEBOOK.
STAN: OF YOUR HANDSTAND, YES.
NICOLE: WELL, TRIX'S HANDSTAND.
ANNIE, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO DO A HANDSTAND.
- GOOD BOY!
NICE.
STAN: ANOTHER RETRIEVER.
NICOLE: WE HAVE
LABRADOR RETRIEVER 415,
WONDERLUST ROAMING
WITH HEART, TENNYSON.
STAN: AND THESE COME IN
THREE DIFFERENT COLORS.
WE SAW THE YELLOW.
NICOLE: THIS WOULD
BE THE CHOCOLATE.
STAN: YES.
NICOLE: AND THEN WE
HAVE A BLACK COAT.
STAN: WHICH IS COMMONLY WE
SEE A LOT OF BLACK-COLORED.
NICOLE: THIS LAB IS OWNED BY
JEN BAILEY OF CALIFORNIA.
STAN: AND NOTICE THIS BREED,
HEAD, COAT, AND TAIL.
LOOK AT THE HEAD.
NICOLE: SO, TENNYSON HAS BEEN
TRAINED TO HERD SHEEP
AND HERD CHICKENS AT HOME.
STAN: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
NICOLE: HE PREFERS TO SLEEP IN
THE CLOSET DURING THE SUMMER.
[LAUGHS]
STAN: IT'S PROBABLY
COOLER THERE.
NOTICE THE THICKNESS
OF THAT TAIL.
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THIS DOG COMPETES
A LOT IN NOSE WORK.
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THAT BALL.
SO, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE TREATS AND BAIT.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS A TOY.
STAN: SAME THING.
AND THAT'S JUST TO GET THE
DOG'S EARS TO BECOME ERECT,
AND TO LOOK SPARKLY.
NICOLE: TO LOOK
SPARKLY.
STAN: YOU WANT
THAT DOG TO SHINE.
NICOLE: WE HAVE
LABRADOR RETRIEVER 416,
BIG SKYS SONIC BOOM AT
BALEWATER, MAVERICK.
OWNED BY SUE SCHULTZE
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
STAN: THIS LOOKS TO BE
ANOTHER CHOCOLATE LAB.
NICOLE: YEAH, SO MAVERICK
IS A VERY ACTIVE LABRADOR.
LOVES HIS DOCK
DIVING AND SHOWING.
HIS FAVORITE ACTIVITY IS
JUMPING INTO THE COW TUB
WITH HIS BEST FRIEND COAL.
STAN: THEY LOVE WATER,
THEY LOVE SWIMMING.
NOTICE THE THICKNESS OF THAT
DOG'S TAIL AT THE ROOT,
WHERE IT COMES OFF
THE DOG'S BODY.
- SET, PUT YOUR FEET.
STOP MOVING.
HERE.
NICOLE: HOW DOES THAT HELP--
SO, I MEAN, THE DOG DOES SEEM
TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THICK,
LIKE ROUND IN THE CHEST AREA.
DOES THAT HELP THEM WHEN THEY'RE
RETRIEVING IN THE WATER?
STAN: SURE, IT'S ALL SWIMMING
BUOYANCY, ENDURANCE.
- SIDE.
FRONT.
STAN: SHOWING US HIS FRONT
INCISORS AND THE SIDE DENTITION.
NICOLE: SO LIKE THE GOLDEN,
THEY HAVE FULL DENTITION?
STAN: THEY SHOULD HAVE
SIDE DENTITION AS WELL.
NICE, SQUARE BREED,
GOOD MAKE AND SHAPE.
- TURN.
STAN: GOOD BALANCE.
AND THEIR FEET ARE ACTUALLY
MORE WEBBED THAN OTHER BREEDS,
TO GIVE THEM THE
CAPACITY TO SWIM.
THIS IS A VERY WELL-MADE DOG.
- AND, GOOD.
NICOLE: NEXT WE HAVE NOVA SCOTIA
DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER 417,
BEEKAUZ THE SAINTS COME
MARCHING IN, BREES,
OWNED BY DEBRA EIB OF VIRGINIA.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED
TOLLERS BECAUSE EVERY TIME
THEY LOOK AT YOU, IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY'RE SMILING.
STAN: AND THEY LOOK PUPPYISH.
NICOLE: YES!
YEAH.
STAN: JUST FROM THEIR MAKEUP.
THESE ARE A VERY ACTIVE DOG.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY
BRED TO RUN,
RACE BACK AND
FORTH ON THE BEACH,
CAUSING THE DUCKS TO RISE
SO THE OWNERS CAN SHOOT.
NICOLE: DEB, BREES' OWNER,
SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN HER LOCAL
UKC CLUBS, DOES A LOT OF EVENT
SECRETARY WORK FOR HAMPTON
ROADS KENNEL CLUBS AND
MID-ATLANTIC KENNEL CLUBS.
STAN: WHAT WAS THIS
DOG'S PERFORMANCE?
NICOLE: THIS DOG'S
PERFORMANCE IS DOCK JUMPING.
STAN: OH.
NICOLE: NOT SURPRISING,
BEING A--
STAN: A WATER DOG,
SO TO SPEAK?
THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY FUN TO
WATCH WITH GAME, WITH DUCKS.
AND THE WHITE TIP ON THE TAIL,
THAT'S TO LET THE OWNERS
KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THE DOG IS.
SO THEY SEE IT.
NICOLE: I LOVE THE
WHITE ON THE FEET TOO.
BREES IS A FUN-LOVING
DOG WHO WANTS TO BE
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.
HE LOVES TO FIND STICKS
FOR YOU TO THROW,
AND HE LOVES SHOWING
AND DOCK DIVING.
♪♪♪
GOOD BOY, BREES.
♪♪♪
OUR NEXT DOG IS ENGLISH
SPRINGER SPANIEL 418,
EMERALD ISLE RIDGEWYN
DOT WITH DASH, DOTTIE,
OWNED BY SHIREEN
STOUT OF WASHINGTON.
STAN: THIS IS A
FLUSHING SPANIEL.
NICOLE: SO, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THAT?
STAN: WELL, THEY WERE SENT
OUT IN THE BRUSH TO FLUSH
THE GAME AND CAUSE THE BIRDS
TO FLY UP, SO THE HUNTERS
COULD SHOOT THEM.
NICOLE: LOOK AT
THOSE LONG EARS.
STAN: VERY SPANIELLY.
NICOLE: IT'S A HALLMARK
OF THE BREED, RIGHT?
STAN: VERY SPANIELLY, YES.
NICOLE: YEAH, I GUESS
ALL SPANIELS, RIGHT?
LONG EARS, ROUND EYES.
STAN: SOFT EXPRESSION.
THESE COME IN TWO
DIFFERENT COLORS.
NICOLE: BLACK AND LIVER.
STAN: YOU HAVE YOUR
BLACK AND WHITE HERE,
AND YOU HAVE LIVER AND WHITE.
AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE THAT IT'S NOT
SOLID BLACK AND IT'S GOT WHAT
THEY CALL AN OPEN COAT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM
THE DOG'S PERFORMANCE.
[NICOLE GIGGLES]
A LITTLE HOP, SKIP,
AND A JUMP RIGHT THERE.
DOTTIE LOVES TO DO TRICKS AND
IS A WILLING TEAM MEMBER IN
AGILITY, OBEDIENCE, AND RALLY.
SHE'S ALSO A BIG TALKER
AND SELF-TAUGHT
MASTER RABBIT HUNTER.
I'M SURE SHE LOVES JUST BEING
OUT THERE PLAYING IN THE YARD.
THE PERFORMANCE EVENT THAT
SHE HAD SENT IN IS OBEDIENCE.
♪♪
LOOK HOW SHE JUST
STANDS LIKE A STATUE.
STAN: SHE'S VERY
IN-TUNE TO HER OWNER.
HERE WE HAVE
ANOTHER FLAT-COAT.
NICOLE: FLAT-COAT 419, RUSHS
JUST ANOTHER WEREWOLF, LUPIN,
OWNED BY LEANNE TAYLOR.
STAN: AND SEE WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT THE HEAD,
HOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEAD
FROM AN ON, FRONTAL VIEW,
IT'S ONE PIECE.
IT'S JUST ONE PIECE,
EVERYTHING FLOWS TOGETHER.
NICOLE: SO, YOU'RE
SAYING LIKE THE STOP,
THERE'S NOT MUCH STOP?
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN?
LIKE, WHERE THE MUZZLE
MEETS THE BACK SKULL?
STAN: THE ZYGOMATIC
PROCESS, THE CHEEK BONES,
THE BACK SKULL.
EVERYTHING JUST FLOWS.
YOUR HAND SHOULD JUST GLIDE.
NICOLE: LUPIN LOVES HIS GOLDEN
RETRIEVER PACK LEADER, JAZZ.
ENJOYS AGILITY...
SPRINTS, AND CONFORMATION.
AND ALSO LIKES HIS SCOOBY-DOO.
OR, LIKES TO TALK
LIKE SCOOBY-DOO.
WOA-WOA-WOA-WOA.
HE'S A GREAT HUNTER
AND COMPANION DOG.
♪♪♪
STAN: PERFORMANCE ON THIS DOG?
NICOLE: AGILITY.
STAN: OKAY.
NICOLE: ALL RIGHT, NOW
WE HAVE OUR PL DOG,
COLONEL CHARLES BECKWITH, BECK,
OWNED BY BRANDON ZORNES OF OHIO.
SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PL
IS, IT'S PERFORMANCE LISTING.
PERFORMANCE LISTINGS DOGS
NORMALLY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN
CONFORMATION BUT ARE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF OUR
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
THAT UKC OFFERS.
AND THIS DOG PARTICIPATES
IN A LOT OF THEM.
- GOOD BOY.
NICOLE: HE HAS OVER 20
PERFORMANCE TITLES IN AKC,
AND...
HE IS A NINE-YEAR-OLD
THERAPY DOG.
STAN: WOW.
NICOLE: HE LOVES
TO DO BARN HUNT,
AND IT'S JUST SO
GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOMEONE WHO HASN'T COMPETED
IN CONFORMATION BEFORE STILL
FELT COMFORTABLE TO
SEND US THEIR VIDEO,
SEND US THEIR PERFORMANCE
VIDEO, AND JUST--
STAN: SHOW OFF WHAT THE
DOG CAN ACTUALLY DO.
NICOLE: YEAH, AND
PARTICIPATE, IN THIS EVENT.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STAN: SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH
KEVIN TO SEE WHAT HIS SELECTION
WAS IN THE GUNDOG GROUP.
NICOLE: YEAH, KEVIN,
WHO DID YOU PICK?
KEVIN: HEY, EVERYONE.
KEVIN IZARD-CARROLL
HERE AGAIN.
NEXT UP FOR ME IS
THE GUNDOG GROUP.
VERY, VERY BIG GROUP,
REALLY GOOD QUALITY,
GOOD VARIETY HERE, SO THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR ENTRIES.
FOURTH PLACE I GAVE TO THE NOVA
SCOTIA DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER,
NUMBER 417.
THIRD PLACE WENT TO THE
BRITTANY, NUMBER 407.
SECOND PLACE GUNDOG GROUP
WENT TO THE EPAGNEUL BRETON,
NUMBER 401.
AND FIRST PLACE IN THE GUNDOG
GROUP AND THE DOG GOING
THROUGH TO BEST IN SHOW TO
REPRESENT THE GROUP IS...
THE ENGLISH SPRINGER
SPANIEL, NUMBER 418.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
NICOLE: CONGRATULATIONS
TO DOTTIE AND SHIREEN
OF WASHINGTON STATE.
ALL RIGHT, STAN, WE
ARE HALFWAY THROUGH.
WE STILL HAVE THE NORTHERN
GROUP, THE HERDING GROUP,
TERRIER AND COMPANION, BEFORE
WE HAVE TOTAL DOG BEST IN SHOW.
STAN: AND LET'S NOT FORGET,
THAT ENGLISH SPRINGER
GOES ON TO BEST IN
SHOW TOTAL DOG.
NICOLE: YEAH, I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE SURE
TO GO CHECK OUT THE BOOTHS,
GO SEE THE SESSIONS.
AND IF YOUR DOG IS
AT HOME WATCHING,
MAKE SURE TO TAKE A
PICTURE AND SEND IT TO US
ON OUR UKC FACEBOOK
OR INSTAGRAM.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE BACK
WITH THE NORTHERN GROUP.
STAN: CAN'T WAIT.
NICOLE: SEE YOU SOON.
