~December~
Our final brag of 2007 is one of an "honorary" Red River family member, Kimberly Kelly Santini. Kimberly won the 2007 AKC Eukanuba Poster
Challenge. Her artwork "Many Faces" became the signature stamp for the 2007 Eukanuba National Championship dog show and she was
featured in the AKC Gazette. We are so proud to have her as a member of our family and thank her for eloquently letting the beauty of our dogs
flow from her brush to the easel over the years. We look forward to meeting up with her again.....in the near future!!
December 14th: Windy winds down 2007 taking Reserve Winners Bitch to a 5 point major. Even more rewarding was winning Best Bred By
Exhibitor and taking a Bred By Exhibitor Group 4 with 16 Sporting breeds and breeders represented at the Cleveland Cluster. What an
amazing end to a great year celebrated with some of our closest friends!
December 6th: to the Sprout Litter: Arwen, Ezra, Dobos, Zydeco, Derby, Hayden, & Potter who turn
THREE today!
December 1st: Introducing Red River's Southern Royale JH!!! Arwen finishes her Junior Hunter title in four consecutive passes and inducts
another owner-handled team to the Red River crew!! Congrats Lynette & Arwen on your wonderful teamwork!!
~November~
November 11th: Red River Vizslas introduces a NEW Junior Hunter to our family...a HUGE shout out to Red River Cocktail Thyme Again JH
"Ezra". Finishing in FOUR STRAIGHT PASSES, a big congrats to Scott's first titled dog and for giving me the honor of getting to handle Ezra for
her last qualify in the freezing pouring down rain/sleet. :))
Arwen & Chase also score JH legs today!!
November 10th: SHOW US YOUR HUNTIN' LEGS!!! Red River Vizslas go FOUR FOR FOUR at the MVVC hunt test. Ezra, Windy, Chase, &
Arwen all qualify for JH legs!
November 2nd: You can put money on the 'Moose'!! Hayden takes Winners Dog at the Farmingham KC show at the Mohegan Sun Casino!
~October~
October 28th: Two for two..Windy brings home the Orange again for her SECOND JH leg!
October 27th: Windy gets to the POINT and scores her FIRST JH leg at the Weimaraner Club of Greater Louisville's fall hunt test!!
October 19th through 21st: Not to be outdone by the girls, Hayden & Daddy Shooter have a "boys weekend" hunting in Maine on wild birds.
A little further South, Chase & Ezra get their "bird on" by hunting with owners Jason & Scott, leaving the shooting to Scott's son, Justin at a
local youth pheasant hunt.
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Vizsla Club of America National Specialty
Omaha, Nebraska
October 16th through 20th
VCA National Sweepstakes: Butters & Deanna take SECOND place in their 12 to 15 month class for their second time in the show ring
together and getting edged out of first by only a hair. They become the first National placement for our Red River family and I could not be more
proud of them!
VCA National Specialty: Butters (aka NutterButter) does it again, taking FOURTH place in her 12 to 18 month class. Thank you Deanna for
allowing Butters to take me for a spin in the ring and handle her to this most deserving ribbon!
VCA Nationals Photo Contest: Windy's "WHOOHOO" photo wins FIRST place in the 4 to 12 month puppy category capturing her true desire to
hunt, the photo was snapped while she was hunting dragonflies!!
*Click here to see photo*
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October 6th: Thyme's *to be* beau, Remy, takes his winning ways to the field earning his second SENIOR HUNTER leg at the North Florida GSP
Club. Back in Kentucky, Potter and Windy get the guns out and smokin' in the field. Windy shows just how she rolls in her JH run and Miss Poo
makes a Senior Hunter debut with high promise at the Kentucky Pointing Breed Association's HT/FT Match weekend.
~September~
September 8th: Good things *DO* come in small packages!! Windy *wow's* us again going BEST OF WINNERS, BRED BY EXHIBITOR
BEST OF BREED, & BEST OF BREED over a special for another *BEST* weekend. Windy finished it off by pointing some birds at the
MVVC field trial and taking a splash in the pool with sister Keller! *WHEW*!!
September 3rd: It will take more than spider bites to hold her back! Windy wraps up her second day at the Bluegrass Cluster taking Winners
Bitch, Best of Winners and BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX over specials to close out the Labor Day Holiday!!
~August~
August 30th: GIDDY UP!! Windy takes another point going Best of Winners in Lexington at the kickoff of the Bluegrass Cluster. What a way to
start the holiday weekend!
August 26th: Windy shakes the peachtrees in Georgia and goes Best of Winners for a FOUR point MAJOR!! Thyme's beau, Remy also finishes his
RALLY EXCELLENT title...excellent!!
August 5th: Hayden does it again taking another Winners Dog win for 2 points!!
August 4th: HEATIN' UP!! Hayden takes Winners Dog at the Pioneer Valley Kennel Club. Thank you to judge Patricia Mowbray-Morgan for
hearing the Moose call...and answering!!
~July~
~Vizsla Club of Michigan Specialty & Supported Entry~
~July 7th & 8th~
Vizsla Club of Michigan Specialty: Windy takes another BEST In SWEEPSTAKES then moves on to take Reserve Winners Bitch to a major under
Breeder/Judge Pluis Davern.
VCM Supported Entry: Introducing CHAMPION Red River's Southern Harmony JH!!! Potter (AKA Miss Poo). Potter becomes my FIRST
home-bred champion by taking Winners Bitch for a MAJOR from Bred by Exhibitor!!
~June~
~~ Miami Valley Vizsla Club Specialty & Supported Entry Weekend~~
~ June 15th through June 17th~
Red River makes a ONE Best, TWO Best, THREE Best punch!!
MVVC Specialty: Sarah & Bela win BEST JUNIOR!! I am so proud of you, Sarah, and honored to have you as a part of our Red River family!
MVVC Specialty Sweepstakes: Windy wins BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES!! A gracious thank you to breeder/judge John Nix (Faczan Vizslas)
for this win at one of the largest Sweeps entries in MVVC history.
MVVC Supported Entry (Sunday): Potter wins WINNERS BITCH/BEST OF WINNERS for a FIVE point major defeating over 30 class bitches & a
total class entry of over 50!! Representing a true Vizsla, Potter is also the only class winner of the weekend to also have field trial awards in All
Breed & Vizsla only field trials! Proof positive that good lookin' girls CAN and DO..
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June 2nd: Ezra & Scott take their SECOND JH leg and Arwen & Lynn find field success just as sweet with their FIRST JH leg!!! YEAH SPROUT
SISTERS!
June 1st: Ezra & Scott get bit by the hunt test bug, bringing home their FIRST JH leg in their very first hunt test adventure!!
~May~
May 27th: Bela & Sarah take SECOND in a highly competitive Open Intermediate class in Hamilton, Ohio. Surrounded by some highly talented
Juniors, Sarah reminds the crowd that she is a Nationally Ranked Junior.
May 6th: Windy pulls off another garland of ribbons today taking Best of Winners for 2 points.
May 5th: AND SHE'S OFF!! Windy celebrates the Kentucky Derby by having a Run for the Ribbons taking Best of Winners for her first point!
Playing show dog in the morning, Windy changed into her bird dog attire and got acquainted with a hen pheasant in the afternoon. Check out her
page for photos!
~March~
BELA'S CO-OWNER & JUNIOR HANDLER IS RANKED #18 IN SPORTING GROUP FOR JUNIORS!!! WAY TO GO SARAH!!!
March 11th: A day to make ANY breeder grin from ear to ear...Dogs & Birds was the event of the day. A handful of Red River Vizslas, their
owners, and a Brittany team go hunting at Crooked Creek Conservation Club and I learn how to shoot a shotgun!!!
Click HERE to see our photos!!
March 4th: Shooter (our Sprout Litter sire) finishes his MASTER HUNTER to become DC Valley Hunter's Southern Comfort MH CD NAJ VC.
Two paws up WAY UP from all of your Red River kids!!
Gateway Vizsla Club Specialty Weekend
March 2nd: Potter WINS the Field Trial Bitch class at the Gateway Vizsla Club Specialty.
March 3rd: Windy WINS her 6-9 puppy class and takes RESERVE WINNERS BITCH to a Major in her show ring debut weekend!
March 4th: Potter and Windy both win their classes and Sarah and Bela take FOURTH place in a highly competitive Open Intermedicate Junior
Class with over 13 competitors. I am so PROUD of you guys!!
~January~
January 13th: Potter kicks off 2007 with gale force winds at her Florida send off celebration by taking THIRD place in the Hunting Dog Stake
with a 22+ dog entry. Her daddy, Shooter, also takes home his THIRD MASTER HUNTER leg. A sincere thanks to Paul for handling Miss Poo in
her Florida field adventure and letting me sit back & watch her run her final run...leaving me with a mad case of goosebumps!!!
Our final brag of 2007 is one of an "honorary" Red River family member, Kimberly Kelly Santini. Kimberly won the 2007 AKC Eukanuba Poster
Challenge. Her artwork "Many Faces" became the signature stamp for the 2007 Eukanuba National Championship dog show and she was
featured in the AKC Gazette. We are so proud to have her as a member of our family and thank her for eloquently letting the beauty of our dogs
flow from her brush to the easel over the years. We look forward to meeting up with her again.....in the near future!!
December 14th: Windy winds down 2007 taking Reserve Winners Bitch to a 5 point major. Even more rewarding was winning Best Bred By
Exhibitor and taking a Bred By Exhibitor Group 4 with 16 Sporting breeds and breeders represented at the Cleveland Cluster. What an
amazing end to a great year celebrated with some of our closest friends!
December 6th: to the Sprout Litter: Arwen, Ezra, Dobos, Zydeco, Derby, Hayden, & Potter who turn
THREE today!
December 1st: Introducing Red River's Southern Royale JH!!! Arwen finishes her Junior Hunter title in four consecutive passes and inducts
another owner-handled team to the Red River crew!! Congrats Lynette & Arwen on your wonderful teamwork!!
~November~
November 11th: Red River Vizslas introduces a NEW Junior Hunter to our family...a HUGE shout out to Red River Cocktail Thyme Again JH
"Ezra". Finishing in FOUR STRAIGHT PASSES, a big congrats to Scott's first titled dog and for giving me the honor of getting to handle Ezra for
her last qualify in the freezing pouring down rain/sleet. :))
Arwen & Chase also score JH legs today!!
November 10th: SHOW US YOUR HUNTIN' LEGS!!! Red River Vizslas go FOUR FOR FOUR at the MVVC hunt test. Ezra, Windy, Chase, &
Arwen all qualify for JH legs!
November 2nd: You can put money on the 'Moose'!! Hayden takes Winners Dog at the Farmingham KC show at the Mohegan Sun Casino!
~October~
October 28th: Two for two..Windy brings home the Orange again for her SECOND JH leg!
October 27th: Windy gets to the POINT and scores her FIRST JH leg at the Weimaraner Club of Greater Louisville's fall hunt test!!
October 19th through 21st: Not to be outdone by the girls, Hayden & Daddy Shooter have a "boys weekend" hunting in Maine on wild birds.
A little further South, Chase & Ezra get their "bird on" by hunting with owners Jason & Scott, leaving the shooting to Scott's son, Justin at a
local youth pheasant hunt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vizsla Club of America National Specialty
Omaha, Nebraska
October 16th through 20th
VCA National Sweepstakes: Butters & Deanna take SECOND place in their 12 to 15 month class for their second time in the show ring
together and getting edged out of first by only a hair. They become the first National placement for our Red River family and I could not be more
proud of them!
VCA National Specialty: Butters (aka NutterButter) does it again, taking FOURTH place in her 12 to 18 month class. Thank you Deanna for
allowing Butters to take me for a spin in the ring and handle her to this most deserving ribbon!
VCA Nationals Photo Contest: Windy's "WHOOHOO" photo wins FIRST place in the 4 to 12 month puppy category capturing her true desire to
hunt, the photo was snapped while she was hunting dragonflies!!
*Click here to see photo*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
October 6th: Thyme's *to be* beau, Remy, takes his winning ways to the field earning his second SENIOR HUNTER leg at the North Florida GSP
Club. Back in Kentucky, Potter and Windy get the guns out and smokin' in the field. Windy shows just how she rolls in her JH run and Miss Poo
makes a Senior Hunter debut with high promise at the Kentucky Pointing Breed Association's HT/FT Match weekend.
~September~
September 8th: Good things *DO* come in small packages!! Windy *wow's* us again going BEST OF WINNERS, BRED BY EXHIBITOR
BEST OF BREED, & BEST OF BREED over a special for another *BEST* weekend. Windy finished it off by pointing some birds at the
MVVC field trial and taking a splash in the pool with sister Keller! *WHEW*!!
September 3rd: It will take more than spider bites to hold her back! Windy wraps up her second day at the Bluegrass Cluster taking Winners
Bitch, Best of Winners and BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX over specials to close out the Labor Day Holiday!!
~August~
August 30th: GIDDY UP!! Windy takes another point going Best of Winners in Lexington at the kickoff of the Bluegrass Cluster. What a way to
start the holiday weekend!
August 26th: Windy shakes the peachtrees in Georgia and goes Best of Winners for a FOUR point MAJOR!! Thyme's beau, Remy also finishes his
RALLY EXCELLENT title...excellent!!
August 5th: Hayden does it again taking another Winners Dog win for 2 points!!
August 4th: HEATIN' UP!! Hayden takes Winners Dog at the Pioneer Valley Kennel Club. Thank you to judge Patricia Mowbray-Morgan for
hearing the Moose call...and answering!!
~July~
~Vizsla Club of Michigan Specialty & Supported Entry~
~July 7th & 8th~
Vizsla Club of Michigan Specialty: Windy takes another BEST In SWEEPSTAKES then moves on to take Reserve Winners Bitch to a major under
Breeder/Judge Pluis Davern.
VCM Supported Entry: Introducing CHAMPION Red River's Southern Harmony JH!!! Potter (AKA Miss Poo). Potter becomes my FIRST
home-bred champion by taking Winners Bitch for a MAJOR from Bred by Exhibitor!!
~June~
~~ Miami Valley Vizsla Club Specialty & Supported Entry Weekend~~
~ June 15th through June 17th~
Red River makes a ONE Best, TWO Best, THREE Best punch!!
MVVC Specialty: Sarah & Bela win BEST JUNIOR!! I am so proud of you, Sarah, and honored to have you as a part of our Red River family!
MVVC Specialty Sweepstakes: Windy wins BEST PUPPY IN SWEEPSTAKES!! A gracious thank you to breeder/judge John Nix (Faczan Vizslas)
for this win at one of the largest Sweeps entries in MVVC history.
MVVC Supported Entry (Sunday): Potter wins WINNERS BITCH/BEST OF WINNERS for a FIVE point major defeating over 30 class bitches & a
total class entry of over 50!! Representing a true Vizsla, Potter is also the only class winner of the weekend to also have field trial awards in All
Breed & Vizsla only field trials! Proof positive that good lookin' girls CAN and DO..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June 2nd: Ezra & Scott take their SECOND JH leg and Arwen & Lynn find field success just as sweet with their FIRST JH leg!!! YEAH SPROUT
SISTERS!
June 1st: Ezra & Scott get bit by the hunt test bug, bringing home their FIRST JH leg in their very first hunt test adventure!!
~May~
May 27th: Bela & Sarah take SECOND in a highly competitive Open Intermediate class in Hamilton, Ohio. Surrounded by some highly talented
Juniors, Sarah reminds the crowd that she is a Nationally Ranked Junior.
May 6th: Windy pulls off another garland of ribbons today taking Best of Winners for 2 points.
May 5th: AND SHE'S OFF!! Windy celebrates the Kentucky Derby by having a Run for the Ribbons taking Best of Winners for her first point!
Playing show dog in the morning, Windy changed into her bird dog attire and got acquainted with a hen pheasant in the afternoon. Check out her
page for photos!
~March~
BELA'S CO-OWNER & JUNIOR HANDLER IS RANKED #18 IN SPORTING GROUP FOR JUNIORS!!! WAY TO GO SARAH!!!
March 11th: A day to make ANY breeder grin from ear to ear...Dogs & Birds was the event of the day. A handful of Red River Vizslas, their
owners, and a Brittany team go hunting at Crooked Creek Conservation Club and I learn how to shoot a shotgun!!!
Click HERE to see our photos!!
March 4th: Shooter (our Sprout Litter sire) finishes his MASTER HUNTER to become DC Valley Hunter's Southern Comfort MH CD NAJ VC.
Two paws up WAY UP from all of your Red River kids!!
Gateway Vizsla Club Specialty Weekend
March 2nd: Potter WINS the Field Trial Bitch class at the Gateway Vizsla Club Specialty.
March 3rd: Windy WINS her 6-9 puppy class and takes RESERVE WINNERS BITCH to a Major in her show ring debut weekend!
March 4th: Potter and Windy both win their classes and Sarah and Bela take FOURTH place in a highly competitive Open Intermedicate Junior
Class with over 13 competitors. I am so PROUD of you guys!!
~January~
January 13th: Potter kicks off 2007 with gale force winds at her Florida send off celebration by taking THIRD place in the Hunting Dog Stake
with a 22+ dog entry. Her daddy, Shooter, also takes home his THIRD MASTER HUNTER leg. A sincere thanks to Paul for handling Miss Poo in
her Florida field adventure and letting me sit back & watch her run her final run...leaving me with a mad case of goosebumps!!!
~Wags & Brags 2007~
