Hawkesfell

"Brig"

MACH2  HRCH  UGRACH4 UOCH Hawkesfell Brigand UDX2 OM1 VER RE SH MXG MJC AXP AJP MXF OFP  ATTS-TT

5/14/2001 - 10/25/2013

UKC Agility High in Trial-10, Reserve HIT- 4, High Combined - 2

HIT in agility at 2009 UBSDA National Specialty

AKC Obedience High Combined - 2 and 1 tied for 1 (lost runoff)

UKC Obedience High in Trial - 10, UKC Obedience High Combined - 8

High in Trial and High Combined in obedience at 2009 UKC Premier - Perfect 200!

2007 UKC Allstars - Utility #11, AG3 #37
2008 UKC Allstars - Utility #10, Open #9  2009 UKC Allstars - Open #20, Utility #11, AG2 #50                                            2010 UKC Allstars - Utility #47

2010 AKC Agility Championship qualifier - had 2 clean runs, I messed up  the 3rd

FC H and M's Swamp Harley  x  HRCH Ms Chelsey's Southern Belle MH
Breeders:  Bo Stull & John Bassett

Brig was my first Labrador Retriever.  He was a joy to train.  The field work was definitely in his genes - he began passing JH tests at nine months and earned the JH just a few days past his first   birthday.  When I first told some friends that I was interested in field training and getting a field Lab, they told me that I was nuts.  Thankfully I didn't listen to them, I had too much fun.

He was also a very enthusiastic obedience and agility worker.  In agility as a youngster he was usually too fast, but as he matured he is more careful.  He earned the last legs of the AX and AXJ at the same trial with a "mini double Q.".    He was 5 for 5 while earning the 5 legs of the first UGRACH. 

While trialing for the UKC and AKC Novice obedience titles he was shown 9 times with no failures. In AKC Open he earned the title in 5 tries (with 2 firsts) and the UKC Open title was earned in 4 tries (with 2 firsts). His first UDX leg was earned with a first in Utility and a High Combined  He earned his U-UD at one trial and at the next three UKC obedience trials that weekend he earned 37 U-OCH points, 3 combined legs, was High Combined 3 times, and in the last trial was High in Trial. At the 2009 UKC Premier he was High Combined on Saturday and High in Trial on Sunday with a perfect score of 200 in Open B.

He earned the first MACH on 9/27/09 in a very twisting full-of-traps standard run.  We had gotten down to one point the day before!  I was extremely keyed and it was just so cool to see him go over the last jump clear.

He fought a good fight against lymphoblastic lymphoma but lost.  He was my steady pal.

Brig at 12 weeks