Poetry finished at two years of age with three majors. Her biggest win was Best of Winners, Best Bred by Exhibitor and #1 Select under Bud Gutilla at the 1998 AWC National Specialty. She finished her ASFA lure coursing field championship quickly, has her Canine Good Citizen and finished her companion dog title in July of 2003, which qualified her for the American Whippet Club Champion Award of Versatility. She retired from coursing very early due to toe injuries.

More recently, she fniished her Canadian Championship, won the Brood Bitch class at both the National Specialty and the North Central Regional specialty and was awarded Best Veteran at the supported entry on Sunday of the North Central Specialty weekend.

It's exciting that Poetry will be the first ROM - Register of Merit for Northwind. She has seven champion puppies.

Her third litter, bred to Am/Can Ch Luxury Liner de Sud is below. Click on puppies to see shots of this litter. The puppies are:

Ch Northwind's Echo of Poetry, "Echo", owned by Northwind
Ch Northwind Paavo Nurmi, "Finn", owned by the Paavalo family in New Hope, MN.
Northwind's Metaphor del Mar, "Martini", owned by John Lopes of Miami, Fl, Northwind and de Sud
Northwind Laugh Out Loud, "Happy" owned by Terri Montola, Brooksville, FL
Northwind's Pont Robert "Pont", owned by Brian and Jackie Maas, Plymouth, MN
Northwind's Need for Speed, "Corvette". owned by Sue Hendrickson, Duluth MN
Northwind Little Boy Bentley, "Bentley" owned by Janet Llerandi, St. Paul, MN
Northwind's Price Tag Hanging "Minnie Pearl", owned by Brend and David Dallmann, Duluth, MN
Northwind's Southern Companion, "Buddy", owned by Michelle and Bryan Cole, Faribault, MN

Poetry’s second litter was born on November 25, 2002 and is sired by Ch Spring Fever de Sud. While she was in South Carolina, she either jumped the fence, or was taken by someone. She was missing for 25 days while pregnant. During this time she lost 25% of her body weight, returning to us just skin and bones, but managing to hang onto her puppies. Click on Poetry’s story for a long version and photos of the area she was found. She was wearing her martingale collar, complete with tags when found. However, the tags didn't help because she would not let anyone near her. She finally had to be live trapped to be captured.

Poetry promises never to leave home again! Here she is with three of her puppies: Kitzy in front, back left is Marco and back right is Cresta		Photos by Laurie Erickson

The puppies from her second litter are:

Am/Can Ch Northwind's Cresta Run de Sud, "Cresta", owned by Northwind
Am/Can Ch Northwind's Travel Kit, "Kitzy", owned Northwind and Chris Foss-Tietz.
Ch Northwind's Sojourn de Sud "Annabelle"l, Northwind and Kathy Armato, de Sud, Columbia SC
Ch Northwind Travln' Man de Sud, "Marco", owned by Paula Davidson, Hermantown, MN
Northwind's Savvy Traveler de Sud, "Savvy" Mary-Elizabeth Miles, Charlotte, NC
Can Ch Northwind Top Speed Travlr de Sud, "Mav-rik" Chris Foss-Tietz, Carlton, MN
Northwind's D.B. Cooper de Sud, "Cooper" Dan Smith, St. Louis, MO
Northwind's Lost Crystal Shard, "Fizgig", Rachel Dahms, Hastings, MN
Northwind's Field Trip, "Trip", Charlie Livers, Kansas City, MO

Poetry's first litter was with Multi Select Am/Can CH Northwind’s Comic Strip Kid, LCM, CD, CAV, CGC - she is the dam of

Ch Northwind’s Edgar Allan Poetry - “Edgar”

Northwind’s On The Strut - “Strut”

Blowin’ In The Northwind - “Dylan”

Northwind’s Oh Henry Longfellow - “Henry”

Northwind’s Canterbury Tails - “Chaucer”

Northwind’s Kahill Gibran - “Kahlil”