CH OTCH MACH4 PACH Polesitter’s Danica Dazzles VCD2 UDX9 OGM VER RAE JH MXB2 MJB2 MXP3 MXPB MJPB PAX OF

– Dani –
Owned by Kim Berkley and Mike Bockhorn

  • 2010 Champion of Record, Obedience Trial Champion
  • 2011 Master Agility Champion, ESSFTA Obedience Springer of the year, ESSFTA Utility Springer of the year
  • 2013 Obedience Grand Master, Master Agility Champion 4, Rally Advanced Excellent
  • 2015 Preferred Agility Champion, Working Dog
  • 2016 Tracking Dog, Versatile Companion Dog 2
  • 2017 Junior Hunter

I am honored to receive this award once again on Dani’s behalf. When Dani’s breeder, Mike Bockhorn, gave me this amazing girl, I knew we were in for a ride and could only wonder how high she might fly. In August 2011, I got my answer, when Dani became the youngest dog in AKC history to earn her breed, obedience, and agility championships. She notched this stunning achievement at the age of 2 years 7 months. At that point, with CH OTCH MACH Dani at my side, I knew the sky truly was the limit.

Dani was born on January 12, 2009. By March 2010, she had her breed championship, and just eight months later, at the tender age of 22 months, she earned her OTCH. She rounded out her trio of championships by completing her MACH in August 2011.

At that point, the only thing missing from her resume was a hunting title, and she checked that box by earning her Junior Hunter title on September 23, 2017. We all worked very hard to gain this title. Danelle Oliver deserves credit for her extraordinary patience and persistence with my girl. Dani has a great delivery to hand and great water entry, but she always seemed to think the birds should come down, and when they didn’t she ran and ran when she should’ve come back. She finally racked up four tests in which the birds cooperated and finished her JH title. Without Danelle’s expert tutelage, though, we might still be out there trying.

Dani also earned her TD (Tracking Dog) title, with our friend Lynn Bauer training and handling her in competition. Lynn’s main task, it sometimes seemed, was to persuade Dani not to hunt birds while she was tracking!

Dani is an exceptional Springer, and I am very grateful to her breeder, Mike Bockhorn, for entrusting her to me.