Happy birthday to our handsome Drake.  He turned 12 years old on the 4th of June.  We’re very lucky to have him still in great health and acting like a young dog.

Alora and Bella at Lake Ontario

Congratulations to Alora and Bella Bridge – together, they passed the first two legs of their Started Hunting Retriever title at Lake Ontario’s test this past weekend.  Bella is a Rowan and Leia daughter from our December 2010 litter....

Congratulations to Ryan and Asher (Tidewaters Fire Quacker WC JH RN) on their first HRC Started pass at the High Flyers test in Pennsylvania today.  Ryan’s mom Danielle had this to say about it: “One of the most precious things about a Tidewater dog...

Food tubes – this is how we begin to teach scent articlesCrispin-Little gets a belly rub after a successful training session.  Learning is SOOO stressful.Spent the morning helping out at an obedience training match at Companion Dog Training.  I got to...

Mark with Sage, doing some de-cheating. Mary and Rowan practicing HRC set ups.Crispin learning to wait patiently. The leash helps.We had a lot of fun in Kentucky this year.  The dogs got lots of water work under their belts and Mark and I both relaxed and...