Bart is Mira's Sire

The Following was Written by Bart's Owner Glenda Brown

Bart has a very upbeat, happy attitude at all times—training, trialing, at home and on the road. He definitely has a personality! When you look into his eyes, something looks back----with a sparkle and intelligence.

He has an excellent temperament and loves persons, dogs, and anything fuzzy I will let him near. Great with grandchildren! He lives at home (in the house and yard as we have no kennels) with five to eight other intact males. When on the road, he shares a motel room with me and usually two other male dogs.

He has a very positive training attitude, if he can understand what you are trying to teach him, he tries very hard to do it. He works extremely well with positive motivation, and your voice alone can be used to jazz him up, calm him down, and/or correct him. He enjoys drills.

Bart is very athletic, jumps obstacles readily, and comes from a long line of very trainable competitive dogs. He is truly an amateur’s dog. His sire, with limited breeding, produced many multi-titled performance dogs. Bart always has had excellent eye contact—particularly when you are reading and he wants some attention, when he is in the holding blind and feels he should be on the line, and when he wants to play.

He is a non-barker, is not crate protective—in fact, he embarrassingly solicits petting if you come near his crate. He has been known to steal but he does not destroy. My shoes are his favorite item, and he will bring them to me or put them in his bed. Also, he has been known to steal puppy toys and hold them for ransom until someone or a puppy will play with him. He really loves having his tummy scratched.

I feel that Bart would be a joy to work in any area of performance. He truly wants to please and he is eager to participate in whatever game is going on. He zips through agility jumps set up at home, enjoys working on heeling and recalls, has a tremendous desire to retrieve, and is always a pleasure to have around.

When in Texas, I had persons who were much more conversant with good conformation go over Bart for me. The consensus was that he is moderate in every way, strong top line, very well balanced, good angulation in the rear, good length of neck, moderate coat, correct ear set and correct length of ear, good length of loin, lovely expression, well blended face, bone is balanced for his size, not too leggy, good movement. He comes from a background of bigger boned dogs and his brother is a larger dog than he is. He enjoyed every minute of these examination as it meant someone was giving him a lot of attention.


Breeding and Trial Record

 Bart is a dark gold with dark eyes and dark pigment.

Bart is very watery, stylish, athletic and intelligent. He runs and trains with great enthusiasm. He is a strong marking dog and can do the big punch birds on both land and water. He has a great temperament and a marvelous and endearing personality. He is a house and motel dog. I owned his grand-dam, his sire, and have other dogs in the household related to him including his full brother, three sons and a daughter.

The following is Bart’s trial record:

Entered 16 derbies and completed 12 of them with a third, three fourths, two Reserve Jams and 6 Jams.

In the Qualifying, he had a First, two thirds, two fourths, a RJ, and two Jams. This was while he was two years of age.

Again, while only two, he earned an Amateur third in his second Amateur. There were 55 dogs running, only four dogs did the last series without handling, and he had the best job in the last series. First and second went to two FC/AFCs (one of them my Lab) and 4th place went to another FC/AFC. The three Labs placing had all qualified and competed in numerous Nationals and included two National Finalists. During this time frame, he also earned an Open Jam in a field of 63.

As a three year old, he had two Open Jams, an Amateur First, two Amateur fourths, and two Amateur Jams. In addition, he got into the last series of additional Opens and Amateurs, but due to youth handled or had a big hunt on the last bird. (Naturally, we won’t blame the handler!)

Bart since has won an Open First in a field of 90+ dogs, including two National Open winners, many National Finalists, and many finished dogs. Bart won this Open two months after his 4th birthday. There were a number of top pros running their dogs, while he was run by a grey-haired lady wearing tennis shoes. He completed both his FC and AFC with another Open first at age 5. Again, this win was over a NFC, the three times Purina High Point Open Dog, National Finalists, and other titled dogs. In both Open wins and his Amateur win, his strength was in his water blind and his last series. All his points have been from All Breed trials. He qualified for the 2002 National Amateur Retriever Club Championship trial.

Bart received the Dick Sampson Memorial Trophy from the Golden Retriever Club of America for the best combined performance prior to his third birthday in AKC licensed field trials. He won the Gilnockie Challenge Cup from the GRCA for the highest scoring Field Trial record during the year 2000. He won the Torch Flinn-Tigathoe Memorial Trophy for the highest number of All Age points in licensed field trials while being Amateur handled by its GRCA member-owner. He is a member of the Field Dog Hall of Fame.

I recently retired Bart from field trials, but he did not like being retired. As a result, I run him in hunt tests whenever there is one close by that doesn’t conflict with field trials. Bart earned his Master Hunter title two months before turning twelve. He ran them with style and zest and did an excellent job of marking and running blinds. He felt those hunt tests were being put on all for his benefit. The judges and gallery all fell in love with him.

Bart’s pups are still young, but the feedback from their owners has been very positive. I used to list the accomplishments, but this constantly changes so the best way to find out what his pups have been doing is to go to k9data. He has at least 15 QAA (***) dogs, including two that have Amateur first places and one of these has two first places. He has a Canadian FTCH/AFTCH who also has both a Canadian and American OTCH, and a MH title. He has ten OTCH pups as well as OTCH pointed pups. He has a MACH and others close to getting it. He has many MH dogs and others with their SH title who have MH legs. He has pups with TDX titles and also some who are certified Search & Rescue dogs. The vast majority of his pups are owner/amateur trained and handled. What has been interesting is that some owners that have a Bart pup have later gotten another one. Bart’s personality and excellent temperament seem to be passed on to his pups.

Bart became an Outstanding Sire with the accomplishments of his first litter as did his sire. His grandmother became an OD with her one and only litter.