CH Rose Lane Connecticut Yankee UD RN TD NA JH
– Hank –
Owned, loved, and trained by Laura Matzke
- 1997 Champion; Tracking Dog
- 1998 Companion Dog
- 1999 Novice Agility; Companion Dog Excellent
- 2002 Utility Dog
- 2005 Junior Hunter; Rally Novice
Hank is an unforgettable springer of exceptional work ethic coupled with remarkable creativity. For him, any exercise that has gotten old deserves a new variation: in one memorable utility performance, he added a leap over the bar jump to each exercise. During one hunt test effort, he passed all of his land work beautifully, and at the water retrieve did a picture perfect front, presenting the bird to……the judge.
But Hank is also a performed with charisma and presence, talented enough to earn the ESSFTA Open Obedience Springer of the Year award for 2000, plus multiple all-breed and specialty High in Trials. He is a driven tracker, and took to his birds at 8 1/2 years old with great joy and natural ability. In his retirement – if there is such a word for Hank – he’s having a wonderful time with really obedience and is looking forward to hunting season on the chukar hills of Eastern Washington.