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Training Days


On occasion and without much pre-planning, we hold training days for upcoming puppies and for friends we have come to enjoy over the years. Everyone takes turns throwing for one another, and usually we have a potluck dinner after. No one spends the night! But it is a grand time!  Here are some shots from last November and last February.

We encourage the kids to work a dog, learn about birds, hunting, safety and responsible dog ownership.


Dylan Frausto readies puppy Prism's She Knows How To Move U for a bird .We encourage the kids to work a dog, learn about birds, hunting, safety andresponsible dog ownership.
An impromptu grooming seminar for puppies
Clooney celebrates life - every aspect of it!
Peggy Zionts gives an impromptu grooming seminar for puppies and trimming nails is no big deal when she does it, treats, happy voices, and lots of eye contact.
There is no reason for a puppy to struggle over foot care!
Jack Ippel and Ranger (Gemini's In Hot Pursuit) await a bird, while Kim holds the last bird Ranger retrieved out of his sight.
Clooney
(Zia Sensory Overload, Watson) models the latest in 'after the day's work' accoutrements.

He is the easiest dog to be silly with, as he loves to be the center of attention!
Dylan Frausto readies puppy
Prism's She Knows How To Move U for a bird .
WC/WCX  EVENT

Kim was secretary and organizer for the GRCA end of the FlatCoat Retriever Fancier WC/WCX held at Winterville, GA on November 16, 2008.
What a great event! Everyone had a great time, the tension one feels in some venues was totally absent here, and the gallery shouted cheers when a dog did his job.
It was obvious that these dogs were well ready to earn this title, and though the wind was definitely a factor, those that fought it earned every cheer they were given.


The WCX Qualifiers were:
L-R
Kim Trafton with Mirasol Darby Hill Sapphire N Ice CD JH NA NF OAJ WC owned by Carol Dunn
Michele Andavall with Gadabout Indian Love Call WC and Gadabout I've Got Gin CD SH WCX owned by handler
Michelle Love, judge
Bruce Evashevski with Goodtime's Salute to Old Glory UD RE CCA WC owned by handler
Heike Stroup with CH Westin Having a Party UD OA OAJ JH WC owned by handler
Robin Bowen, judge
Ron Bell with Winsom's Good Fortune JH WC owned by Juliet E McDaniel

WC Qualifiers were:
L-R
Robin Bowen and Michelle Love judges
Leeah Chew DVM with CH Karagold's Phee Phi Pho Phun RN owned by handler
Lee Smith with My Buddy's Buzz Lightyear JH owned by Dan and Leeah Chew
Barbara Mina with Gadabout Here's Lookin At Ya UD owned by handler.

The AGRC WC/X  day wasn't completed until judge Michelle Love had hidden all the Easter
cookies for the dogs and handlers to track down- it is in this way that events are born...
presenting the First Annual Easter Cookie Hunt for Dogs and Handlers - after about the second
cookie dogs got the hang of searching the field for carob cookies!
Cookies were courtesy of Michelle, who "borrowed"  Shine the yellow Lab so that she could enjoy
the Easter celebration- though popular consensus was that Shine enjoyed it far more than Michelle did!
The AGRC WC/WCX Qualifiers-
left-right
Judge Laurice Williams, Michele Andavall with Rio (Gadabout Dances Like Karmen JH WC), Bruce Evashevski with Sunny, Jay Faulkner with Hondo,  Tommy Revell with SHR CH Master's Thunder Storm (trained by LeeSmith), Kim Trafton with Breezy- CH Olympic's Nalyn's Sea Breeze RN JH WC, Terry May Gunner,  with SHR Kandiland's Justice Four All and Michelle Love, Judge

4-10-09 Something must be wrong if the judge brings back the bird
4-10-09 WC ou r Flatcoated friend Kass
4-10-09 WC- Toni Ippel wants to give it a try (maybe next year, Toni)
4-10-09 WC WCX Gunners Terry May and Tommy Revell
4-10-09WC - our Flat coated friend Maureen
Teamwork makes Dreamwork - Mary Ann, Kim and Robin



4-10-09 Something must be wrong if the judge brings back the bird

















4-10-09 WC our Flatcoated friend Kass















4-10-09 WC- Toni Ippel wants to give it a try (maybe next year, Toni)

















4-10-09 WC WCX Gunners Terry May and Tommy Revell

















4-10-09WC - our Flat coated friend Maureen

















Teamwork makes Dreamwork -
Mary Ann, Kim and Robin
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"It's not just a passion...  It's an Obsession"
Kim Trafton
Visits are scheduled 24 hours in advance and preferably on Mondays
478-763-2053
478-299-3815
Welcome to Turtle Creek Sporting Dogs
Sandlapper Golden Retriever Club held their  WC/WCX test as well as a Certificate of Conformation Assessment event at Kim's place on March 14, 2010. It was a lovely day, there was great food prepared by 'chef 'Sally Bunker May, and Kim's grounds were the site on which many new titles were earned in both conformation and field. We were glad to have the opportunity to host for SGRC.

Terry May and Michelle Love instruct the gallery as to the test

Terry and the boys adjusting the guns

Sally, Michelle, and Nancy watch skeet shooting the evening before the events

Kim and Jitter to the line