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Westwind Farms Chessie Photo
Gallery
Many thanks to Mario Beauregard
of Nordais Kennels, the breeder of Dual CH and AFC
Rudy, for providing many of the photos taken at the 1997,
2001, and 2005 ACC National Field Specialties, displayed
below. For
more photos by Mario, you can visit his website at http://www.nordais.qc.ca/.
Click on any picture below
for an enlarged view.
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Photos
from the 2005 ACC Field Specialty
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Dual
CH AFC Sunday's Rufwater Canvasback MH with owner/handler
Scott Martin. |
AFC Hurricane Express Courier |
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DC AFC Gabler's Dilwyn Stacked Deck, 13 years old, returning
with a shot pheasant flyer in a ceremoney honoring him
at the Specialty. |
Dual CH Decks with owner Bruce Mitchell and Hummer. |
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Dual
CH Canvas, Tiger, Decks, and Blaze.... |
...and their owners, Scott Martin, Billy Smith, Bruce
Mitchell, and Kurt Bertram. |
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Distagon's ATV of Nordais, "Hummer", Amateur 1st place
with Bruce Mitchell. |
Westwind Colonial Rimfire, "L.B.", a Decks/Mackenzie
son, on his way to his field championship, owned by Mike
Coutu. |
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CH
Westwind Colonial Starfire, Open 1st, with proud owner
Mike Coutu. Star
is a littermate to CH Rudy's Georgia of Westwind. |
Open Placements
1st CH Westwind Colonial Starfire MH with Mike Coutu
2nd CH Crossbar's Raggity Ann with Bruce Ahlers
3rd DC AFC Bertram's Blazing Firewater with Kurt Bertram
4th Hurricane Abbygale of Creekside with John Ackerman
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Westwind Ms Katahdin with Wendy, Qualifying 1st |
Bur
Oak's Unique Trapper with Gary Kavan, Qualifying 4th. |
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CH
Rudy's Georgia of Westwind**WDX, 2005 ACC National
Field Specialty, Winslow, NJ.
Georgia is a littermate to CH Westwind's Colonial Starfire,
the OPEN winner at the 2005 ACC Natinal Field Specialty. |
CH Rudy's Georgia of Westwind, winner of the field trial
bitch class at the 2005 National Show Specialty. |
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Westwind Abernaki Chief |
CH
Silvercreek Murray Samuel MH, owned and trained by
Mike Moscowitz, without the use of an electronic collar. |
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Steve
Sherbondy with Westwind Primetime Deke, 9 months old,
winner of the Junior Puppy stake. Deke is a CH Saco
MH and CH Westwind Stitch in TIme JH puppy.
(Photo by Jane Pappler) |
Deke
in action!
(Photo by Jane Pappler) |
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2nd
place in the Junior Puppy stake is 8 month old Westwind
La Lola with her owner Wendy. Lola is out of Bur Oak's
Unique Trapper*** and CH* Rudy's Georgia of Westwind**.
(Photo by Jane Pappler) |
10
week old Westwind Whispering Cove, "Larry",
with proud owner Mike Moscowitz. Larry is a CH Silvercreek's
Murray Samuel *** MH and CH Westwind Stitch in Time
JH puppy.
(Photo by Jane Pappler) |
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Photos
from the 2001 ACC Field Specialty |
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A Pair
of Dual Champions
l-r, Decks and Rudy
The only living Dual Champions of all retriever breeds
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Rudy
and two of his sons, Saco and Blaze
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Cato, son of
Rudy, with his Derby win awards |
Wendy
with Rudy and handler Mitch Patterson
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Photos
from the 1997 ACC Field Specialty |
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Three generations
of Champions
l-r, son Blaze, Papa Rudy, Grandpa Chase |
Mackenzie (sister of Blaze)
and Wendy field trialing |
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Westwind
Farm Family Photos |
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Grandpa
Rudy |
Daughter
Georgia and Papa Rudy |
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Cato
Puppy Picture |
Wendy
and Rudy with his awards |
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Rudy
with more of his hardware |
Wendy
and Rudy at work |
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Matilda's
cover shot for AKC Hunting Test Herald |
Grandpa
Rudy with new puppy Stitches |
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Wendy
with Katie and Abe in the fall of 2003 |
Left
to right: Katie,
Abe, Mackenzie, Rudy, Georgia
Fall
2003
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Nov 2007: Hunting season in Maine (Paladin, Mackenzie, Abe, Lola, Katie and Hannah) |
Abe
and Katie at work and play |
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Wendy,
Abe, and Katie at home on Westwind Farm
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Wendy
and Abe
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Katie
on splashdown
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Abe
and Katie on take-off. Katie is in the lead.
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"Rudette"
She
is 10 weeks old and lives in Texas. She is just returning
from a swim. |
"Dempsey"
At
12 weeks she is already looking for a bird down when
she hears gun fire. Here
she is after
retrieving her first duck. She belongs to the owners
of a hunting
preserve in New Hampshire. |
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"Dempsey" |
Dempsey waiting
for ducks.
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"Abbie"
Bayriver's
Westwind Abbie retrieving a pigeon at 2-3 months. |
"Abbie"
Bayriver's
Westwind Abbie at 4 months playing in the leaves. |
Abe
and Abby puppies |
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Maggie's first
hunt! She's an Abe/Abby puppy. |
Heidi with her first
Junior Hunter leg and her owner/handler Patrick. |
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8
week old "Buffle", an
Abby/Abe pup in her new home on Chesapeake Bay. |
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Adel with her new family in the Ukraine, retrieving
pigeons at 9 weeks old. |
Westwind's
Adel recently won her Show Champion
in the Ukraine at one year old. |
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More
Pups from Westwind Farms
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Yankee of Batzi's, call name, "Jeni", owned
by Carita Sulkava of Finland. Jeni is an energetic bitch
with a lot of drive. She is a littermate to "Deke" (1st
place in the puppy stakes at the 2005 National Field
Specialty), out of CH Saco *** MH and CH Westwind Stitch
in Time JH. |
Jeni
retrieves all rabbits and birds and is training for field trials. |
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All
in the Family |
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Dual CH AFC Bertram's
Blazing Firewater MH and Kurt
at the 2004 South Jersey trial
(Picture
by Billy Smith)
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Another champion Rudy
son
Dual CH AFC Bertram's Blazing Firewater MH
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Mike Coutu & L.B.
- Westwind's Colonial Rimfire***
Son of Mackenzie & 2002 High Point Derby Dog
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Mike
with Lop (AFC Deepwater Colonial Sunfire), another
Rudy daughter, after they qualified to run the 2004
National Amateur in Batavia, NY
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John Chisholm and "JJ" (a Lola/Mistral puppy) before his flight to Belgium. |
JJ retrieving a bumper in Belgium |
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Two Rudy sons hunting their first season at 6 and 7 months old (Rudy/Belle and Rudy/Meg) in October 2007. |
American Chesapeake Club National Field Specialty 2007, Stillwater Oklahoma |
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Wendy was off with a shaky start with a head on collision with a deer in Kentucky. |
Field trial grounds in Oklahoma with many gas and oil wells in the fields. |
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Wendy and Dr. Sam Long of the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School , at the trial grounds in Oklahoma, after taking samples for research on Degenerative Mylopathy and Exercise Induced Collapse.
(Photo by Billy Smith) |
Dr. Sam Long explaining the research to former ACC Presidents Wendy Shepard Chisholm V.M.D. and Melissa Schuman L.V.T.
(Photo by Billy Smith) |
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Paladin, running his first derby, makes it to the last series.
(Photo by Billy Smith) |
Paladin takes 4th place in the puppy stakes.
(Photo by Jane Pappler) |
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Hannah took 3rd place in the puppy stakes. (Action photo by Jane Pappler) |
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Hannah in Oklahoma |
Shawnee earns a JAM in the puppy stakes. |
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Wendy Shepard Chisholm V.M.D.
Westwind Farm
154 Tay Rd.
Levant, Maine 04456
Phone: 207-884-8421
E-Mail: Wendy |
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