DASHAWAY &
GOODGOING ELHEW MOXIE
2nd LITTER 

This is a repeat breeding between Moxie and Dasher.  I was very pleased with the first litter.  As puppies they showed great talent and developed well.  This has continued into adulthood.  I have worked with about half of the litter as they have gotten older and have been very pleased with their natural ability and how they take training.  GGI HANNAH MONTANA “Miley” is an exciting young grouse trial prospect.  She showed very well in a few spring derby trials, for only being a 1 years old.  We co-own her with Brett Edstrom.  This litter will produce great gun dogs and companions for our costumers and also some possible trial prospects.  Click here for more information on the first litter.

DASHAWAY:

DASHAWAY “Dasher” is a great wild bird dog.  He has proven himself as a guide dog on Minnesota Ruffed Grouse and Texas Quail.  He has loads of natural ability and has been a joy to train for his owners, Jerry & Betsy Kolter of Sandstone, MN.  Dasher is well built and has great looks and style.  He is also makes a great companion and house dog for the Kolter’s.  

CH BROOK’S ELHEW RANGER earned a strong reputation as a competitor in the grouse woods and also as a producer.  Ranger captured the 1999 Northern Wisconsin Woodcock Championship.  He topped a field of 47 dogs to win this prestigious title.  In 2000 Ranger was named Runner-Up Champion at the Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational Championship.  The Invitational is one of the most competitive events in cover dog trials. 

2xCH ELHEW SNAKEFOOT won the National Shooting Dog Championship in 1995 and was also named the Top Shooting Dog Award Winner in the same year. He produced many great dogs including, the 1995 National Prairie Chicken S.D. CH Elhew Tom Fool and the 2001 North American Woodcock CH Elhew Goldielock.  In honor of his great contributions as a performer and producer he was inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 2005. 

4xCH ELHEW STRIKE racked up an impressive list of wins.  The more notable being back to back wins of the National Prairie Chicken Shooting Dog Championship in 1987 and again in 1988.  Also Taking top honors at the National Amateur Shooting Dog Free-For-All Championship in 1989 with 72 starters and again repeating in 1990 with 75 starters.  Strike’s record as a sire includes multiple champions in all areas of field trials.  Strike is known for his desire, hunting application and running style.      

ELHEW MR McGOO was a top sire at Elhew Kennels.  He consistently produced great gun dogs along with several field trial champions.  They include CH Elhew Skipjack, CH Elhew Big Blaze, CH Elhew Ajitator (2000 TSDA Winner), CH Elhew Autumn Whisper and CH Autumn Elhew Gold.  Their winners cover championship across the country and on all types of game birds.

2xCH DANCE SMARTLY, also owned by Jerry and Betsy, was their first big winner.  She placed in the Wisconsin Woodcock Classic in 1994 and 1995 and won the inaugural running of the Wisconsin Championship in 1996. She captured the Minnesota Grouse championship in 1995 and was invited to the Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational a phenomenal four times. Dancer had great bird-finding ability and composure around game.

2xCH NORTHERN DANCER “WAR” won the prestigious Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational in 1990.  This is probably the toughest cover dog trial to win.  14 of the top grouse dogs in the country competing for 2 days and the best 6 are called back for the final series on the 3^rd day.  War’s other impressive wins include Capturing the 1989 Minnesota Grouse Championship and earning Runner-Up Champion of the event in 1995.   He also earned winning honors at the highly competitive Lake States Grouse Dog Championship in 1991.  War is known for being a classy running dog that can find grouse and pass these traits on to his pups.

5xCH PORK ROLL is one of the most notable sires in the history of the breed.  He has sired 271 winners, including over a dozen Champions.  Pork also had an impressive trial career, including wins at the 1982 National Amateur Free-For-All Championship with 100 entries and the prestigious National Shooting Dog Championship in 1980.  Pork was honored with induction into the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 1994.  His sire 5xCH Smart preceded him into the Hall of Fame in 1989.  

5xCH VANIDESTINE’S RAIL LADY is another very accomplished grouse dog in Dashaway’s pedigree.  She has proven herself as a consistent winner in the woods.  She is line bred Hall of Fame Champion Guard Rail.  Guard Rail’s parents, 5xCH Smart and Nell’s Rambling On are both also Hall of Fame members.

Other notable dogs in Dashaway’s pedigree include CH Third Rail and Hall of Fame CH Dunn’s Fearless Bud.  His breeding also includes several top producing dams, including Elhew Yellow Rail (producer of 8 winners), Elhew Calamity Ann (producer of 10 winners), Seaboard Queen (producer of 16 winners) and Nell’s Rambling On (producer of 21 winners).

GOODGOING ELHEW MOXIE:

MOXIE has shown great natural ability for finding birds, pointing and retrieving.  She is a joy to work with and handles training well.  She has a great personality, outgoing and very friendly.  We are very excited about her potential as a producer.

For many years Bob Wehle, the founder of Elhew Kennels, named an exciting young prospect as his annual brag dog.  He began using the term brag dog in 1992 with ELHEW SNAKEFOOT.  Snakefoot went on the win the National S.D. Championship in 1995 and was also named the Top Shooting Dog Award Winner in the same year. He produced many great dogs including, the 1995 National Prairie Chicken S.D. CH Elhew Tom Fool and the 2001 North Am. Woodcock CH Elhew Goldielock.  In honor of his great contributions as a performer and producer he was inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 2005. 

ELHEW HOBO was Elhew Kennels 2000 brag dog.  ELHEW FIBBER McGEE was the kennels brag dog in 1998.  McGee went on the win the 2004 Alabama Open S.D. Championship.  Other brag dogs in this pedigree include Elhew Blacksmith, RU-CH Elhew Discovery and CH Elhew Big Blaze.

ELHEW DAMASCUS has earned quit a reputation as a producer of top gun dogs as well as competitive trail dogs.  He has produced 99 winners with a total of 498 wins.  He is from the McGoo & Jubilee cross, which was tremendously successful at Elhew Kennels.        

Moxie’s pedigree has 5 crosses to NATIONAL CHAMPION DUNN’S FEARLESS BUD.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.  Bud was a very successful outcross for Bob Wehle, like Hook’s Bounty Hunter, Guard Rail and Red Water Rex in earlier decades.  They each helped the Elhew Pointer to rise to even a higher level.