Emmylou
NA 112 Prize I - at 4 months
UT 191 Prize III - at 15 months

Windy Sage's Born To Run (Emmylou)  came to us via our good friend Todd Baier in Billings, Montana.  We don't believe a finer pedigree has ever been assembled in the history of our breed.  Given her pedigree she was purchased with the intention of making her our next, go-to hunting dog.

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So far our belief in this pedigree has paid off handsomely.  Out of approximately 2,000 dogs who ran the NAVHDA NA test in 2021 she was the 3rd youngest to achieve a maximum score.  She was retrieving bumpers out of swimming depth water at 50 days old and has pointed and retrieved dozens of pheasants before she was six months old.  While still eligible to run in a Natural Ability Test, at 15 months, Emmylou became one of the youngest Utility dogs in the country when she scored 191 points  and Prize III! 

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Emmylou is the type of dog that virtually any serious dog handler would succeed with.  She is exceptionally cooperative and has the highest degree of point, and natural steadiness,  we have seen in the breed.  She is also an explosive waterfowl dog and has proven herself in both October swamp hunts as well as big water, icy, December hunts.