Trixie--Christmas Post 3 of 5

 at her Hunt Test 8-19-12

 Water Retrieving at Whitehawk Lake across the road from our house in March.

Pheasant Retrieval Training in May

Our Girl the Beginning of December

Trixie, our Small Munsterlander dog is now 1 ½.  She is on the smaller side for her breed at 35-40 pounds with her back being about knee level, which her small size is what we’d hoped for.  Mike and the family spent a good number of Saturday mornings out at the breeders 160 acres for mostly field work and across the road from us in the evenings at the lake for water work--training Trixie for her hunt test which was in August.  She passed with flying colors earning a perfect score and a Prize 1 award.  All the hype of her genes did pay off.  All the pups from her litter that tested on various dates earned perfect scores which is not an easy task.  The test took all day, but all but Haven got to tag along and watch from a distance as Mike handled Trixie.  She adores the water which I guess not all versatile hunters do.  She gets going so fast for water retrieves that she literally walks on water for quite a ways.  The judges would have given her bonus points if it had been allowed.  She is very affectionate, talks a lot, and thinks she’s a very large lap dog.  She also has over a 6 foot vertical jump, can stand up suspended on her hind legs forever, loves to jump to give you kisses (black eyes) if you allow it, and could challenge a greyhound for speed.  She’s also very social which shows by her digging a zillion holes to stick her head under the fence to say hi to all the dogs in the four yards surrounding ours.