2023 (Spring) |
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Spunky
with member Tommie and Trainer Emmett Sasser earning
her Junior Hunter title at the April 2023 Hunt Test
near Billings (Photo by Tara Griffin) |
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Belle and Turah with
member Todd both earning Senior Hunter Legs at the
2023 Hunt Test near Billings. |
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L (Pointing): Amigo's
Shootwell Jaxxon Patches "Jax" backed closely by his
sire GCH Amigo Ben Watch Me Go "Benny" R (with pheasant): GCH Kinwashkly Orion's Watcher "Watch" Out hunting during the 2022 hunting season. Benny and Watch are owned by member Joanne Archibald. |
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2022 |
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Mackenzie Moore and Apollo went Best Junior Handler 2
out of 4 days in Great Falls, MT back in October, and
the other two days went Reserve Best Junior Handler
above some lovely young juniors. Then this month
(December), they traveled to Orlando, FL where they
competed in Juniors at the All Breed shows prior to
the AKC Championships, where one day she made the
first cut out a LARGE Open Intermediate class. Then during the AKC National Championships, Apollo won an Award of Excellence (Award of Merit) over a lovely lineup of dogs, handled by Mac the whole way through! |
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Apollo finished the
spring show season in style at the Yellowstone
Valley Kennel Club dog show's in Billings! He placed in Owner Handled Groups 7 times between Spokane, WA - Billings, MT, with two NOHS Sporting Group 3's, four NOHS Group 2's, and an NOHS Group 1, as well as an Owner Handled Best in Show in Billings! On top of that he is now a multiple regular Group winner/placer, having gone regular Sporting Group 1 twice, and 3 once, as well as a regular Reserve Best in Show, also in Billings! Before all of that though, he went 3rd Money Male (Show) at the American Brittany Club's Western Futurity in Ritzville, WA 2022 Apollo finished the 2022 NOHS year as the #6 NOHS Brittany in the country. RBIS OHBIS GCH CH Elkhrn Mtn's Poetic Playboy TKN Bred by members Tommie Dahl & Todd Breitenfeldt Owned by members Tommie Dahl & Mackenzie Moore Out of DC GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can NBOB/BIS/CH Sovereign's Chasing Legends x GCHB CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw
Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN
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Artemis finishing her
CH title in a huge way by going Best of Breed over
her brother, Apollo, mother Kintla, and another male
special, as well as the class dog. This was one year
exactly after earning her first points and major at
this same show! She also went Best of Breed Bred By
in Missoula, then went on to earn a Bred By Group 2!
She also has two majors towards her GCH as of the
end of Billings! CH ElkhrnMtn's Warbonnet Prairie Huntress At Fireegle Bred by members Tommie Dahl & Todd Breitenfeldt Owned by members Kelsey Darnell, Tommie Dahl, and Todd Breitenfeldt Out of DC GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can NBOB/BIS/CH Sovereign's Chasing Legends x GCHB CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN |
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GCH CH Elkhrn Mtn's
Southpaw I Cross My Heart BCAT TKN "Spunky" (Left)
Spunky earned two JH passes at our
Hunt Test back in April, only needing two more passes for her JH title!Bred by member Tommie Dahl & June Cuthbertson Owned by members Tommie Dahl & Mackenzie Moore out of DC AFC Beaver's Straight Arrow x GCHS CH Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat Strut JH BCAT CGC TKN ROHBIS RBVetIS GCHS CH Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat Strut JH BCAT CGC TKN "Tipsy" (Right) Tipsy ran in FastCat at the Spokane Show's at 11 1/2, running 19 MPH and finishing her BCAT! This qualifies Tipsy for the ABC Versatile Dog Award. She also went Veteran Group 2 in Helena during the September show, as well as Veteran Group 3 and Veteran Group 1 during the Great Falls show in October. Bred by June Cuthbertson & Thomas Boersma Owned by member Tommie Dahl & June Cuthbertson out of CH Classic's Can Do The Real McCoy x CH Southpaw's Lil Allie Kat Photos by Tara Griffin, both taken out at Montana Training and Kennels, Spunky during the Training Day, and Tipsy just hanging out while Spunky was out running in front of the horse and Trainer, Emmet Sasser. |
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Warbonnet Wynd Swept Dunes JH "Dune" at the ABC Western Futurity in Ritzville, WA 2022, placing 3rd in the Gun Dog event! Breeder/Owner/Handled by member Todd Breitenfeldt. Dune is out of GFC DC Almaden's Under Lock And Key "Oudi" x GCH CH Warbonnet Wynd Turing Firestarter JH "Turah" | |
Junior member Mackenzie Moore handling her and Tommie
Dahl's boy, Apollo, down in Houston, TX. Mackenzie won Best Junior Handler at the Texas Coastal Brittany Club Specialty show, and then two days later at the Houston Kennel Club show, won her Junior's class out of 15 kids! |
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2021 |
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Apollo finishing his Championship, and going Owner Handled Group 2 in Blackfoot, ID June 2021 to be officially known as CH Elkhrn Mtn's Poetic Playboy TKN, then went to Boise, ID October 2021 with his JR Co Owner, Mackenzie, to finish his Grand Championship. He finished the 2021 show season as the #16 NOHS Brittany, and he wasn't even 2! Apollo was bred by members Tommie Dahl & Todd Breitenfeldt, owned by members Tommie Dahl & Mackenzie Moore. He is out of Dawn and Joe Droel's DC GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can NBOB/BIS/CH Sovereign's Chasing Legends, and Tommie & Todd's GCHB CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN. Apollo will be shown in 2022 while learning the finer things of being a bird dog in between. |
Artemis going Winners Bitch for her first major in Blackfoot, ID June 2021 Artemis was bred by members Tommie Dahl & Todd Breitenfeldt, owned by members Kelsey Darnell, Tommie Dahl & Todd Breitenfeldt. She is out of Dawn and Joe Droel's DC GCHG NBOB/BIS/BISS Can NBOB/BIS/CH Sovereign's Chasing Legends, and Tommie & Todd's GCH CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw Warbonnet Strut The Big Sky TKN. Artemis lives in Colorado with Kelsey, but will be in Montana with Tommie in the Summer of 2022 for shows and field training. |
2019-2020 |
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Gus - finished his AKC Championship and is
officially known as CH Simon's Standing Stone. He was bred
by and is owned by member Nancy McCullough. He is out of
Tim and Joy Ory's GCH DC Ory's Marshall Dillon SH and
Nancy's CH Crosscreek Millicent Of The Mountains. Gus is
now enjoying his time in the field with Ed Tillson. |
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KD successfully completed her Field
Championship at the Montana Brittany Club August 2020
field Trial. Owner/club member (left): Jo Ann Kish.
Jessica Carlson stacking, Ed Tillson (handler) on right. |
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Rusty - also known as Big-R, finished his
AKC Champion and is officially known as CH Arrow's Tequila
Rustler. He was bred by Ed Tillson and is owned by member
Sandy Becker. He is out of Richard and Amanda Beaver's DC
AFC Beaver's Straight Arrow and Ed Tillson's Runner's
Tequila Rose. |
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Kas - finished her AKC Championship and is
officially known as CH Simon's Kissin' Kasiri. She was
bred by and is owned by member Nancy McCullough. She is
out of Tim and Joy Ory's GCH DC Ory's Marshal Dillon SH
and Nancy's Crosscreek Millicent Of The Mountains. Kas is
now off in the field. |
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May, 2019. Sadie placed first in the puppy
event at Wasatch Front Brittany Club's Spring Field Trial.
Sadie is out of Hoochie Coochie Man and Zeni: MTBC members
Ron and Pam Noe. |
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May-June 2019. Kintla finishes her AKC
Championship to become CH Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw Warbonnet
Strut The Big Sky TKN. Later in May and into June she also
picked up multiple Grand Championship points, including
two majors, and two Owner Handled Group 4 placements!
Kintla is bred by member Tommy Dahl, and is owned by
Tommy, and co owned by member Todd Breitenfeldt. She's out
of Todd's DC Warbonnet's Orion In The Big Sky JH and
Tommy's GCHS Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat Strut JH
CGC TKN. |
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May-June 2019. Spunky, CH
Elkhrn Mtn's Southpaw I Cross My Heart, went Best of Breed
on the last day of the Spokane, WA show's, handled by her
Co Owner, and the MTBC's youngest member, Mackenzie Moore,
for her first 2 Grand Championship Points, then went on
between May and June to pick up Multiple Grand Champion
points, and a GCH major. She also earned points towards
her BCAT (FastCAT) title! She finished her GCH title
September 2019 Spunky is bred by member Tommy Dahl, and owned by Tommy and Mackenzie. She's out of DC AFC Beaver's Straight Arrow and GCHS Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat Strut JH CGC TKN |
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May-June 2019. Tipsy goes Reserve Best
Veteran In Show during the show's in Missoula (May) at the
age of 8, then went Select Bitch for a 5 point major in
Blackfoot, ID (June). Tipsy is GCHS Southpaw's I Can Do
The Stray Kat Strut JH CGC TKN, owned by member Tommy
Dahl, and is out of CH Classic's Can Do The Real McCoy and
CH Southpaw's Lil' Allie Kat.w |
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Runner up in All Age Derby invitational in
Boonville Arkansas. Sire DC/AFC Beavers Straight Arrow, Dam SKF Little Miss Beretta, SH Owners: members Ron & Pam Noe. Nov. 2017 |
GCH Kinwashkly Do U Believe In Magic, JH Owned by member Terry Courtright and co owner Gail Easter, winning her Grand Championship. |
Blackfoot, ID 2017 |
GCHB Southpaw's I Can Do The Stray Kat
Strut JH CGC "Tipsy" Bronze GCH Earned June 15, 2017 in Blackfoot, ID Breeder: June Cuthbertson & Thomas Boersma Owner/handlers: Tommie Dahl & June Cuthbertson Tipsy is co owned by member Tommie Dahl. |
ABC Western Futurity - January, 2011. |
True Grits Cinnamon Sage
O'Dee b: Tana Kradolfer o: Tana Kradolfer & Stephanie Naftal h: Tana Kradolfer Sage placed 2nd in Gun Dog with Tana Handling. |
ABC Western Futurity - January, 2011. |
Warbonnet's Orion in the Big
Sky JH b: Todd & Sari Breitenfeldt o: Melody Kaelin, Todd & Sari Breitenfeldt h: Melody Kaelin and Sari Breitenfeldt Rye placed 3rd in the Show with Sari handling and 3rd in Gun Dog with Melody handling and Tana scouting. Rye also earned the Western Futurity Dual Dog Award. Pictured with Rye: Sari kneeling and Melody standing behind. |
New member Jim with Ruby earning her first leg of her Junior Hunter title at the MTGSPC hunt test, August, 2010. Photo by T. Breitenfeldt. | |
This is a True Grit Brit
Kennel bred dog named Arrow owned my Richard Beaver, 1SG
US ARMY serving in Iraq. True Grit Brits has been
taking care of Arrow while Richard is in Iraq. We
placed him in Jessica Carlson's capable hands on April
24th and he was a champion by June 10! CH Beaver's Straight Arrow
out of Brandy(TootsXBo) and Rusty! Tana 2X Magnum's Masked Man Award Arrow (DC/AFC Beaver's Straight Arrow) owned by Montana Brittany Club member Richard Beaver. Photos and Field 2012 Trial Placement Record Field 2013 Trial Placement Record |
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Member Brag: High Plains Augustus McCrae (Gus), owned and handled by member |
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Tana with Rev at the 2008 ABC Western Futurity. Rev placed 2nd in the open gun dog stake and 4th in her class in the conformation show. | |
Montana's Rusty Little Pants |
Congratulates Mark and Darlene Donovan and their brittany Rusty (Montana's Rusty Little Pants) on winning the 2007 Purina National Endurance Championship in Kennewick, Washington on Sept 8th. Rusty is a True Grit Brit sired by CH Montana's Huckleberry Wine(2006 NSTRA Big Sky Region High Point Dog by DC MC Dusty's Shot of Brandy and NSTRACH Tic Tac Cinnamon Sage) and True Grits Cinnamon Ridge(By 2X NSTRACH Razmatazmanian Renegade and Jon's Seminole Wind). Rusty is also the 2007 NSTRA Big Sky Region High Point Dog and a soon to be 3 time NSTRA Champion. Great Dogs are born with True Grit! |
CH Warbonnet Golden Magpie, JH |
Breitenfeldt, Todd, Jan, Skye & Sari: Warbonnet Brittanys is happy to announce their new champion: CH Warbonnet Golden Magpie, JH "Maggie" [pending AKC approval, 9-19-07] OFA Good, by: DC Wyngold's Tough To Touch x CH Wyngold Wyndy Warbonnet, JH. Maggie finished her CH completely handled by our daughter Sari (13yrs old) with 17 points and 4 Majors: 1) Spokane, WA, 2) Filer, ID, 3) Enumclaw, WA, and 4) Bozeman, MT (today). Sari was allowed to miss school today for this show only because she maintained strait A's in all classes (so far... :^). She also competes in open intermediate junior handling. Maggie will do lots of hunting this fall (as usual) and then we will break her for senior/master hunt tests and trials. She has pup/derby trial placements. |