GCH CH Hillcrest Betcha A Shot of Whiskey CDX RE MH22 MHA AX AXJ TKA
– Whiskey –
Owned by Virginia McGrady and Henriette Schmidt
Bred by Liz Best-Gell and Henriette Schmidt
- Champion – October 3, 2015
- Excellent Agility Jumper – November 13, 2015
- Master Hunter – July 31, 2016
- Master Hunter Advanced – June 18, 2017
- Grand Champion – August 1, 2017
- Agility Excellent – February 14, 2018
- Companion Dog Excellent – November 24, 2018
- Advanced Trick Dog – April 1, 2019
- Rally Excellent – July 27, 2019
- Master Hunter 22 – October 2, 2022
Whiskey has always been a quick study in any venue that we have tried. By far, her favorite venue is hunting. Chasing birds and swimming…. life does not get any better. We started at the Master Hunter level and entered our first test in May 2016. By June 2017 she had earned her MH, MHA, and MH12. In 2020, after 3 years of not being in the field, the opportunity to take her hunting came up. She was SO happy to be back in the field again, and I was SO amazed that she was still steady! I thought ‘what the heck’ and started running her again. She earned her MH22 last year.
Whiskey’s least favorite venue, next to Conformation 😉 , is Obedience. However, she was 2015’s Novice A and Novice B Obedience ESS of the year. She earned her GCH on August 1, 2017, and became the first ESS with both a GCH and an MHA.
I must thank Jason Givens (Hunt Trainer) and Cheri Hayek (Obedience Trainer) for their patience (mostly with me) and their incredible ability to train both canine and handler! And then there is Whiskey’s breeder, Henriette Schmidt, who blessed me with this amazing, cuddly Springer!