The American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Association hosted an Eastern Regional Specialty in York and Wellsville, Pennsylvania from March 17-19. Friday we held three dog shows at the York Expo Center: Sweepstakes, Supported Entry, then Regional Specialty. I was the trophy chairperson and having three shows back-to-back made for lots of organizing. I did not show any dogs, but messed with the trophies and took some photos. I was not able to log all of the placements, but do know that GCH Bear Hug Sing Second JH “Enzo” owned by my South Carolina griffon neighbors just down the road, Lonnie and Marsha Carroll, took Best of Breed in the Eastern Regional Specialty Show.

The hostess with the mostess was Marcia Hoff, this whole event was her brainchild and it was fun to be a part of. Many of the folks in attendance I had not seen since the 2014 National Specialty in Maine.

I’m in the orange with Amy Caswell-O’Clair and her husband Matt O’Clair seated with Rosie.
The trophies for the shows that I hauled to Pennsylvania
Bluestem puppy owner Clint showed up with his family and my puppy Rosie from the “R” Litter
Best of Regional Specialty line up, Enzo with Zach #15
Enzo and Zach following their Eastern Regional Specialty Best of Breed win

I don’t want to post too many of the show photos because I want to save most of them to be printed in the Griffonnier, the magazine of the American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Association.

On Saturday and Sunday, the club hosted AKC Hunt Tests at the York Pointer and Setter Club in Wellsville. So many thanks to our hosts there and to the judging panel, especially Jerri Stanley and Loren Rogers who gave me lots of tips. Sally went four passes in four runs in AKC Senior Hunter, thank you so much to Charles for working so hard to train her. Duke did a lot of things right, but enough wrong on each of the four runs to not get any passes.

My new friend Gwen and Duke and I. Photo by Marcia Hoff.
Sally and I will the four AKC Senior Hunter ribbons. Photo by Marcia Hoff.
Our best scorecard with all 9’s.

It was a great but exhausting weekend with lots of effort put forth by many people. Sally and I will attempt to get our last SH pass in a few weeks, with Charles trying his hand at AKC Master Hunter with Obi and more attempts at AKC Senior Hunter with Duke.

My reservation list for Fall 2023 pups is starting to fill up, should you decide that you would like to get on our list, it would more than likely be for a Spring 2024 pup. Email bluestemkennels@gmail.com with inquiries.

Good luck to everyone who is training and testing this fall, best wishes to all those with pups on the ground!