Clover is the result of our Sonny to Pearl breeding.  We repeated this combination a couple times because we were so happy with what these two produced.  Clover possesses Sonny’s calm disposition and cooperative nature and Pearl’s keen instincts and affection towards her family (both animal and human).  She’s a cuddler in the home but a star performer in the woods.  When hunting grouse or woodys in Northern MI, her style changes with the conditions.  In the presence of birds she works tight and cautious but in the absence of birds she opens up and covers more ground so we don’t have to.  She’s a true hunting partner, always working with us and being a part of the team. 

But I believe it’s Clover’s personality and disposition that stands out most with her.  She’s extremely playful and welcomes all visitors.  She’s always anxious to take the visiting canines to her “secret” hunting holes and show them around.  When children are near, she’ll nudge them to get a pat on the head and if that doesn’t work, she’ll try with a kiss.  Everyday is an adventure with our Clo.

AKC Champion	AKC Senior Hunter	Exceptional Mom

Reba is from our own breeding of our Clover and VC Bart von Beaver Creek.  Clo delivered a beautiful litter of 8 (6 boys and 2 girls). Since Bart is a solid black, we had a nice variety of coat colors; 3 solid livers, 2 solid blacks, 1 black and white ticked and 2 liver and white ticked. We decided on Reba because of her playful and confident personality.

We were certain that Reba would make an excellent hunting companion and she proved us correct at an early age; she retrieved a duck from a pond when she was only 13 weeks old and her points were also amazing right from the start.   Nothing beats watching a young pup recognizing a scent and knowing what to do when it happens.

The whole litter showed good interest on birds and hunting and fortunately the new puppy owners were happy to run their pups in the NAVHDA tests.  This earned us another Breeder’s award  but not only did they all pass but they all passed with Prize 1’s.  That says a lot for this breeding since all pups were trained differently and were at different stages in their training but performed beautifully and consistently.  We have received a lot of positive feedback from this breeding and now we’re hearing more of the same from the owner’s of Reba’s pups; she’s passing along those genes we have been proud of, both in the home and the field.

UPDATE:  Reba recently earned a NAVHDA Prize 1 in Utility with 201 points (out of a possible 204). I knew she could do it!!!

Reba pup	Natural Retriever	Lisa and Reba

When you least expect it, you fall in love with one of the pups when you never planned on adding a new one to the team. Well that’s what happened to us this past summer. We bred Clover to CH Crystal’s Up Close’N Personal MH (Josh) and were blessed with a beautiful litter of 6 girls and 1 boy. We had no thoughts of keeping a pup since we had plenty to keep us busy and lots of training plans for our 2 youngest. All pups were spoken for so we did our job of socializing, playing and caring for the bunch to get them ready for their departure. Well, as luck would have it, one our buyers called to let us know they’ve decided the time wasn’t right for them. We assured them that they made the right decision and we would have no problem placing the pup.

Long story short…we’ve added Shooter’s Personal Edition (Jet) to our family. Jet is just amazing! Even at 5 months of age, her calmness in the house is unbelieveable. Yes, she loves to play but she’s equally as happy to lay on her belly to take in some personal attention. Not only is Jet adorable but she learns very quickly and seems to retain what she takes in. Beauty and Brains…what more could you ask for?

5 weeks old	Winning in the ring	And she retrieves too!