John and Mary Stracka’s dog FC Candlewoods Life is a Highway (Freeway) won both the Open and the Amateur this fall at the Montgomery Retriever Club earning his FC title with Paul Sletten handling him in the Open and John handling him in the Amateur! Freeway is from quite a litter out of FC AFC [...]

Congratulations to Peter Ketola from Brighton, MI, for his Open Win at the Middle Tennessee Amateur Retriever Club the weekend of April 15. Peter handled his four year old dog, Ace on the River III, to his first win at the trial. Ace is out of NFC FC AFC Clubmead’s Road Warrior and Northrup Larson’s [...]

FC AFC Widgeon’s Carbon Chip started off his 2011 season with a bang! He earned a 2nd place in the amateur at the Willamette Valley RC Trial and the next weekend at the Rogue Valley RC Trial he won both the Open and Amateur, a DOUBLE HEADER! At the SE Washington RC Trial he was [...]

2010 FindRetrievers Dog of the Year Award goes to FC AFC Bayou Teche Miah owned and trained by Stephen Ritter. In 2009 FindRetrievers began to notice a trend emerging that some very talented and consistent “All Around” dogs were not receiving recognition for some particularly unique and worthy accomplishments. While the Hight Point Open, High [...]

Congratulations to Clint and Kay Joyner on their new High Point Derby Dog! Carolina’s Half Moon earned 79 Derby Points during his derby career in 2010. Big Boy surpassed the nearest dog to him by 20 points. We asked Clint to tell us a little about Big Boy and here is his story, “Carolina’s Half [...]