“GRIT” - BLACKRIDGE KICKIN UP DUST MH - RETIRED
GET TO KNOW GRIT
Born - March 11, 2015
Height - 24.5”
Weight - 52 lbs.
PennHip - LH .33/RH .33
OFA Elbows - Normal
OFA Eyes - Normal
Cardiac - Normal/Clear
DNA:
Cone Degeneration - Clear
Von Willebrands - Clear
Coat - Dense Soft
NAVHDA Test Results - NA Prz I, 110 pts
AKC Test Results - MH
We absolutely love Grit! She has been a great addition to our family, guiding string and breeding program! Since she was a little puppy she has retrieved everything to hand both on land and in the water, she pointed her first birds with ease and backed other dogs naturally, as well as she has such a sweet (almost needy for attention) personality.
Grit has been guiding hunts since she was 6 months old. And even though she was just a puppy, she didn’t hunt like a puppy! She put some of the older, more seasoned dogs we hunted with that year to shame, finding and pointing tons of roosters and making some impressive retrieves!
Some dogs have natural ability and some dogs have trainability. Not all dogs have both. Some are very natural, but when it comes to advanced level training and testing they aren’t very trainable, and some dogs are very trainable, but aren’t very natural pointing dogs or retrieving dogs and you have to train them how to do both! But not Grit! She not only had tons of natural ability but also her trainability and her intelligence is incredible. She makes anyone training and hunting with her look good!
As Grit’s hunting and testing career have progressed she has continued to impress. She steadied up for her Master Hunter testing and titling with ease and went through her trained retrieve in less than a week! She throws her amazing natural ability and unbelievable trainability into her puppies. They have been so fun to work with in the field and the water and they all retrieve so naturally it makes training them incredibly enjoyable. We especially can’t wait to see how one of her puppies, Muddy, continues to mature and develop!
