RACEN USJ RO1 CHSD INT-CH U-CH Sand Spring Strong Spear JH RA CGCA CGCU TKA THD FDC DS ATT BCAT FITS SPOT-ON “Gertie” was born on 11/6/19 she was one of four pups born from the breeding of (UNJ U-CH Sand Spring Guilt By Association SH THDN CGCA CGCU TT SPOT-ON x GRHRCH3 Great Lakes The Deliverer HRC500 MH). She was the pick female to stay at Sand Spring to be our next breeder. When she was a year-old things went south with her health, she had a few seizures so we knew we couldn’t breed her. She then developed DCM and was spayed. She stayed at Sand Spring to be our companion and hunting dog. Since I was doing events with Slammer, I took Gertie along, we did conformation and performance events titling her in those events, along with all the fun froufrou thing we did she got more titles and ribbons.
She was UKC and AKC registered. She was registered with Alliance of Therapy Dogs for 4 years of her life she visited schools, nursing homes and did home visits totally 80 visits. She was also R.E.A.D. certified where kids read to her at Fall River Elementary School. She was our 4th certified therapy dog. She even competed in events that none of our other dogs have competed in which were Fast Cat and Precision Lure Coursing.
In Gerties shorten life she was still able to live life to its fullest in the events category.
Here accomplishments are below:
6/12/20 She received her UKC SPOT-ON title
6/12/20 AKC Canine Good Citizen, Community Canine and Urban titles
6/22/20 AKC Trick Dog Novice title
7/11/20 AKC Trick Dog Intermediate title
7/12/20 AKC Trick Dog Advanced title
1/14/21 Alliance of Therapy Dog Certified
1/24/21 AKC Dock Senior Title
2/17/21 AKC Temperament Test title
2/20/21 UKC Rally Obedience 1 title
2/22/21 R.E.A.D. Certified
4/24/21 AKC Farm Dog Certified title
5/14/21 AKC Junior Hunter title
7/12/21 Therapy Dog Novice title with 10 visits
6/18/21 UKC Show Champion
6/18/21 Novice Precision Coursing
6/19/21 UKC United Senior Jumper title
7/23/21 AKC Rally Novice Title
8/21/21 International Show Championship
10/8/21 AKC Rally Intermediate title
5/24/22 Therapy Dog title with 50 visits
8/21/22 AKC BCAT title
9/11/22 UKC Working Shed Dog title
2021 she placed 3rd in the UKC Top Ten Standings being invited to the UKC Premier Top Ten Invitational
1/6/23 AKC Rally Advanced title
8/8/24 AKC Fit Dog Bronze title
10/15/24 AKC Fit Dog Silver title
12/6/24 UKC Champion Shed Dog title
Besides competing in UKC and AKC conformation and performance events she was an avid hunter. She made trips to Saskatchewan to hunt snow geese, Canada geese, Cranes, ducks and grouse. She hunted waterfowl, pheasants, woodcocks, turkeys and morning doves in WI. She was one of our guide dogs when we worked at Lone Oak Shooting Preserve, many pheasants were flushed and retrieved by Gertie. Her heart condition didn’t slow her down at all. I figured get her out hunting doing the thing she loves the best and if she goes at least she died happy but that never happened she kept hunting up until the end where a neurological condition ended her life too soon.
She had such a fun personality, she was happy all the time rooing and dancing around the house, she could be serious too when the fun police came out of her, and she would tell the youngsters they were being a bit too crazy. Her life was cut way too short; we miss her dearly. Run free Dirty Gertie may the wind always be at your back and a bird in your mouth. 11/6/19 – 03/07/2025 B/O/H/T by John & JoAnn Stancer of Sand Spring Chesapeakes, Cambria, WI.
