This past Saturday was a day we have been waiting for a long time. It was the day Glory received her qualifying pass in the UKC HRC Finished hunt test with this pass she gained a new title.

Glory ran under judges Greg Brda and Phil Quarnstrom at the Muddy Waters Retriever Club’s fall HRC hunt test. It has been at Muddy Waters tests that Glory received 3 out of her 4 finished passes. It was very cool to have titled here, this is one of our favorite clubs.

With this title came an end to Glory’s hunt test career. She is now retired and will continue to hunt until she can’t anymore.

We’ve been chasing this last pass for some time now. With a breeding bitch you have to deal with heat cycles that bench your hunt test dog then there are the breeding’s and puppies that bench your hunt test dog then there are the no training days, handler error and sometimes dog error, reasons why you don’t get that pass. Needless to say this was a very happy day for John and I, this makes the fourth Hunting Retriever Champion that we have trained and titled to this level. Gpa Norman was our first, Mom Nellie was our second, Uncle Gambler was our third and forth is Glory. It’s super cool to have 3 generations with this title and hopefully more generations to come.

What made this day even more special was that Glory’s grandson Slammer ran a started test and passed. We ran Slammer in 2 prior started tests when he was 4 months old in which he failed but this time at 6 months old he pulled it off and got his first pass. The end of one era and a start of another era.