"Fred" and "Ginger"

I met Irene Mullauer at our fall Goin' Up North Coursing Trial in 1996 - she came out to the field to watch and approached me part way through the day. She explained that she was interested in getting a whippet for obedience. I flat out asked her why a whippet??? I work my own dogs in obedience, but I don't think of them as a breed for a person whose primary goal is obedience. Well, ten years later, with two CDX's, two first places in the American Whippet Club Triathlon, and multiple HITS, I stand corrected.

Freddie's most prestigious wins were taking first place in the American Whippet Club National Specialty Triathlon in 2001and 2003. No other dog has ever won it twice.

Freddie shown with the Triathlon Chair awarding the Louis Pegram Trophy at the banquet in 2001..		Freddie shown with obedience judge Kent Delaney, Irene and show chair Cindy Scott in 2003.

Ginger took the honors at the 2004 national specialty by winning both High In Trial in the Regular classes and High in Trial in the non-regular classes. No other dog has done that to date.

Judge Kent Delaney and show chair Cindy Scott awarding the High in Trial in the regular classes and in the non-regular classes.		Lovely headshot by Laurie Erickson

Prior to completing their companion dog titles here in the states, Irene took Fred and Ginger to Canada. It was a two day, four trial weekend. They came home with eight qualifying scores, all in the 190's and six placements in the four trials. One was high scoring hound at each of the four trials.