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Skylark Tollers

Dogs that hunt....naturally!

Laurie Geyer

laurie@skylarktollers.com

Skylark Tollers is located in North Dakota, where we use our dogs to

hunt

upland game. I have been a member of the US Toller club for

years, owned

Tollers for

years and have been breeding them for 1

years. I started

showing dogs as a teenager and have been a member

of my local kennel club

for almost 30 years. I enjoy showing our dogs in

conformation and obedience,

and have started agility, but their main

reason for being is to hunt!

Occasionally we have puppies, and it is our

goal to produce Nova Scotia Duck

Tolling Retrievers that have the

hunting ability and structure to go a day in the

field, and the

temperament to be loving and beloved family pets.

Temperament and

health are so important to us, and our puppies are

raised

in the home

and underfoot

. To meet our dogs and hear our

philosophy, click on

"Our

dogs".

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February 18, 2015 I know I'm behind in updates, but the information on Available Dogs and Puppy Plans is up to date! As time allows, I will be

updating the rest of the site.

pril

8, 2014 I've added some links to albums for my upcoming litters on the PUPPIES page. I'm very excited about both of them! There should

be some really nice working pups with good structure and temperaments and I'm starting to interview prospective homes now.

April

014

I recently became aware of some adult Tollers who will be looking for families to call their own. Contact

the US Toller Club Rescue

find out more

information.

http://nsdtrc-usa.org/about/rescue/

2014

----time for a new puppy in the house....we welcome Vermilion Skylark The Natural to the family. "Hobbs" comes from very special parents.

His mom is a very accomplished dog and also a top-producer, and she is the second ROMX dam in the history of the breed. NSDTRC-

US/AKC/Can CH Vermilion's Option Card CD WC ROMX "Teaser". His dad is the legendary handsome boy from Down Under, BIS BISS Am GCH

Can NSDTRC-US CH Fionavar Javahill Topgun Am Can CD WC VC Can ROM Am ROMX "Maverick". This little guy has big shoes to fill....and

he is showing that he certainly has the attitude to succeed!

ovember 13 2013

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Song had 8 puppies! Five boys and three girls and all are doing well.

This litter combines some of my favorite dogs in the

pedigree. Three of the four grandparents are top producers in the breed, and the sire Cruz is a family dog who is used for hunting upland and

waterfowl. Both parents are show Champions and they compliment each other well.

October 2013---- I

realize

this website is long overdue for an update!

But that will take time, so for now please excuse the dust and enjoy what

info you find. I have updated the Puppies page.....and if you have any questions about anything feel free to email me and I'd be willing to

answer any questions or fill in any missing information.

Super exciting news!!!!

Can CH Lennoxlove Encore At

Skylark

"Corrie" makes breed history by becoming the first ROMX female in the

breed!

The Register of Merit Excellent award is given based on having offspring earning titles in the show ring, field and other dog

events. Corrie's

offspring racked up a huge number of points, with many earning the highest level titles in their venues. And Corrie

was also the Rising Star

Award winner of 2011 based on her being tied for the top-producer of champions and then the performance

titles earned that year b

her kids

broke the tie. Again so very m

any thanks to the owners of those "pups" who are

out there having

fun and

earning titles!

xciting news....

Can CH Lennoxlove Encore At

Skylark, "Corrie" is tied for the top Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever dam of 2010 with

Champion offspring! The offspring are GCH Skylark's

Trick Or Treat "Trick" and CH Skylark's First

Fox "Zorro" both owned by me,

NSDTRC/AKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Dove And Ducks JH WCX VC "Kit"

owned by Mike and Jen Coffey, and CH

Skylark Vermilion's Clairebear "Claire",

owned by Jean and Paul Sando, Kathy Koebensky-Como and

Jamie Como!

In addition to these four new

Champions, Corrie also had the

following offspring earn titles in 2010: HR Skylark's Repete

Adventure MH OA AXJ NF RN WC "Blitzen" earned

his AKC Master Hunter title

owned, trained and handled by Mary de Lamerens.

NSDTRC/AKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Dove And Ducks JH WCX VC

"Kit" also earned his WCX

owned by Mike and Jen Coffey, handled by Mike. And

SHR Skylark's Secret Gem RA CD AX AXJ OF WC VC "Ruby"

owned trained and handled

by Maureen Baumtrog earned her RA, AX, AXJ and OF

in 2010. Many thanks to the owners of those "pups" who are

out there having fun and

earning titles!

As I did not have a chance to provide news it happened in 2010, here is a recap of the highlights. Skylark owners were busy in 2010 and

provided us with many new titles. I hope I don't miss any...and these are in no special order:

AKC Master Hunter

Skylark's Repete Adventure MH OA OAJ NF RN WC "Blitzen" owned by Mary and Art DeLamerens and trained and

handled by Mary.

AKC MACH

(Master Agility Champion) MACH Skylark's Blaze Of Autumn RA MX MXJ XF "Blaze" owned by Donna Murdoch

MACH Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CDX RN MX MXJ OAP OJP WC "Chili" bred by Vermilion Tollers, owned by Kathy Gibson and me.

AKC Champions

: CH Skylark's Trick Or Treat, "Trick" owned by me,

CH Skylark's First Fox "Zorro" owned by me,

CH Skylark's Red Moon Of Fire "Yukon" owned by Elizabeth Theesfeld

NSDTRC/AKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Dove And Ducks JH WCX "Kit" owned by Jen and Mike Coffey

CH Skylark Vermilion's Clairebear "Claire" owned by Paul and Jean Sando, Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie Como

AKC Grand Champion

(and ranked #5 Toller in GCH points) GCH Skylark's Trick Or Treat

"Trick" owned by me

New AKC Performance titles and various field titles

: Skylark's Dakota Red Moon Rising RN OA OAJ "Koty" owned by Donna Murdoch

SHR Skylark's Secret Gem RA AX AXJ OF WC VC TDI "Ruby" owned by Maureen Baumtrog

UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Breakin'Mach One RA "Jet" owned by Sandie McMaines

Skylark's Beachcombin' At Deerhill CD RN

Diggs" owned by Pat and John Etchells and me

Skylark's Fire Cracker RN ONYX "Murphy" owned by

Elizabeth Theesfeld

SHR Skylark Star's Case In Point CD JH MX MXJ WC FDGCH "Casey" owned by Debbie Russell

Skylark's Come And Go Molly TD JH WCX "Molly" owned by Mike and Jen Coffey, trained and handled by Mike Coffey

NSDTRC/AKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Dove And Ducks JH WCX "Kit" owned by Mike and Jen Coffey, trained and handled by Mike

Skylark And Orion's Duck Quill RN "Quiller" owned by Doc Griebelbauer

NAFA Flyball ONYX

SHR Int'l CH Skylark's Mercury Rising CDX WCI JH ONYX

"Curry" owned by Dan Rode

Skylark's Fire Cracker RN ONYX "Murphy" owned by Elizabeth Theesfeld

Special Awards at our 2010 NSDTRC USA National Specialty

Winner's Dog (with an entry of 38 class dogs) Skylark's Dove And Ducks JH

WCX "Kit" owned by Jen and Mike Coffey, and they let me handle

him to this win!

And this finished his AKC and Club Championship!

Tenderfoot Award Winner

SHR Skylark Star's Case In Point CD JH MX MXJ WC FDGCH "Casey" owned by Debbie Russell

HOT Dog award winner Skylark's Repete Adventure MH OA OAJ NF RN "Blitzen" and Mary DeLamerens

Evelyn Williams Award Of Excellence NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Skylark's Rowdy Riverdancer UD RA Can CDX US WC VC "Quincy" owned by Jean

Gravning;

Skylark's Repete Adventure MH OA OAJ NF RN "Blitzen" owned by Mary and Art DeLamerens

Stru

an Award Winner (Cricket grandson) CH Water's Edge Won Eyed Jack JH WCI bred by Dan Rode, owned by Sherry Aadland

NSDTRC-USA Register of Merit Producers

Can/Int'l CH Skylark's Pistol Pete CD OA NAJ WC VC "Pete" owned by me

NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Sienna-Red Navigator NA WC VC "Aker" bred by Benita Rosenholm, owned by me

Can CH Lennoxlove Encore At Skylark "Corrie" bred by Marile Waterstraat and John Hamilton, owned by me

2010 Rusty Jones Award Winners

(four of the nine recipients are descended from Skylark dogs)

SHR

NSDTRC/AKC CH

Skylark's Ribbons For Reddog

JH WC

TDI "Ribbon" owned by Mardie and Dana Smith

BPISS NSDTRC/AKC/Can/Int'l CH SHR Vermilion's Holy Hannah CD RN JH WCI Can JH WC "Hannah" (Aker daughter, Cricket granddaughter)

bred by Vermilion Tollers, owned by Dan Lind and Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie Como

AKC Silver Medallion

for Owner-Breeder-Handler I was awarded this honor for being the breeder/owner/handler of 5 dogs who earned their

AKC Championships from the Bred-By Class.

Invitiations to 2010 Eukanuba Invitational Show

: Four Skylark Tollers were invited to the Eukanuba Invitational Show. Due to our

circumstances this year, I did not attend, but it was an honor to have so many dogs qualify for the invitational show.

And so this year comes to a close....from the tragedy of losing our home, the wonderful friends

(and strangers)

who came to our aid in our time

of need, the

challenge of finding a new place to live and adapting to it (dogs did much better than humans...), and the pride that comes with

seeing how a

spunky little dog named Cricket and then her half-sister Corrie has had such an influence on the breed in just the last year.

"Skylark" would be

nothing without those two dogs, and so we are, as always, grateful to Marile and John for such a wonderful start.

And thank

you to all who were out there competing with your Skylark dogs, or hunting with your dogs, or just loving your dogs as pets.

Here is to many

wonderful

things to come in 2011.....

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14-2010 After a tragic and trying year, I am finding a way to update my website.....there is much unreported dog news, but that will come at a

later date. This year was not the one I had hoped for, with us losing our house to a fire in March. Thankfully all the humans, dogs and cats got

out and no one was hurt. Much of the rest of the year has been spent dealing with all that comes with such an event....temporary housing,

house hunting, adapting to new house, buying everything (which is not really as much fun as some might think....). I did make time to get away to

some dog shows, the dogs were able to get in a little pheasant hunting in the fall, and so in that regard, we are trying to keep things somewhat

normal. I can't begin to express how thankful I am to all who helped us deal with the tragedy. Friends are simply wonderful. As I go forward from

this place in my life, things will be different, but I am surrounded by my dogs, and my dog friends, and so life will be OK.

14-2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here is to a great year. 2009 was very difficult and challenging as my mother went into a nursing home, and

then my father-in-law also went into a nursing home and passed away. And we lost Corrie. It seemed like that cast a pall over the whole year.

Some Skylark dogs did some great things and as always, I was very proud of them. I just was negligent in reporting them. We added a new pup

to the family, Song, who is a daughter of Pete, granddaughter of Ray and great-granddaughter of Aker, so here's to a new beginning and a

great year to come!

7-29-2009 WAY overdue on my reporting here, and there are some great new titles to acknowledge but for now the more immediate news...we

lost Corrie to cancer in the end of May. She wa

s a great dog, the leader of our "pack", the self-appointed "mother" to any and all puppies that

graced our presence here, and the dam of many fine offspring. There is no way to measure our loss.

And on a happier note, we have new puppies! Sydney had a litter for us (a daughter of Aker and Murphy) and you can see pictures and details

about the parents

here

. One female pup may be available.

And Corrie's daughter Sunny just had pups born last week, sired by our Ray! Pictures and some details

here

. We are taking reservations on

this litter now.

14-09 Oh WOW again! Blitzen and Mary earn their second AKC Master Hunter leg! And the judge's had nice things to say about this dog

and his handler. And the best part....Blitzen is Mary's first field dog and she has trained him and handles him herself! I am so happy that Mary

and Blitzen have become such a great team. Wonderful accomplishment and teamwork, Mary and Blitzen!

8-09 Wow....we can't be more proud of this duo...Blitzen and owner/trainer/handler Mary DeLamerens earned the first leg of

Blitzen's

AKC

Master Hunter title! It's not an easy task and quite an accomplishment for someone who is training their first field dog!

Blitzen is a son of Pete

and Corrie, and is officially known as

Skylark's Repete Adventure RN SH NA NAP NF WC VC

They have also

earned the club HOT Dog Award

and Evelyn Williams Award of Excellence.

Great work

Mary and Blitzen!

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4-2009 Ecco is adding to her long list of titles, or adding higher level titles at least...she earned her CDX (Companion Dog

Excellent)

obedience title and agility title Excellent

FAST!

Owner Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco are a great team! Ecco is the

daughter of Pete and Corrie

and her official name is now

U-CH UCD SHR Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again CDX RAE MX MXJ XF OAP OJP CGC TT NSDTRC-USA WC VCX Evelyn Williams

Award of

Excellence EAC O-OJC OCC WV-O TG-O O-TN-N VerN C-BSA C-BTA C-BSLA. Congrats and we are in awe, Maureen and

Ecco!

-6-2008 PJ (Skylark's Cause For Applause) finished his AKC Championship today with a BOS over a top-ranked Special, and he

finished with

4 majors and from the Bred-by Class! His co-owner Lauri (and he lives with her) passed the BRT with him earlier in the

year so he is also a

NSDTRC-USA Champion as well! We are so glad Lauri and Mark Reiter would share him with us for dog shows.

PJ is a handsome boy! And as

sweet as a dog can be, when he doesn't have a tennis ball in his mouth that is! At the same show, our

young Zorro (Skylark's First Fox) was

Reserve Winners Dog as well to a major. It was a great day for us!

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18-2008 Murphy's pups have mostly gone to their new homes. And Lilly's pups have moved in with us. They are a bunch of

tough active

pups! They were unfazed by the move, and now

we'll spend time working with them and getting to know their individual

personality traits. I can

tell there will be some good working

prospects in this litter! Some new pictures can be seen

here

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9-2008 Ecco earns another title! I have trouble keeping up but the new title is an agility one, MXJ (Master Excellent Jumpers

With Weaves)

and more MACH pts as well. She is

UKC CH Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX

XJ OF OAP

OJP CGC TT

WC VCX plus more agility

titles

and she is owned, trained and partner of Maureen Baumtrog in CO. Great job, girls!

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-2008 Lilly had six fat pups born in Woodbury MN! Four boys and two girls. Pictures

can be seen

here

14-2008 Under the full Harvest Moon, Murphy had her puppies! Seven new little "lunatics" join us, four boys and three girls.

Pictures can be

seen

here

And now older and cuter, pictures also

here

9-6-2008 Casey earns her UKC SHR title in fine style at a difficult test, only 12 of 26 passed and Casey was one of them! Great job

Casey and

owner Debbie Russell! And Debbie has trained Casey by herself with all positive methods. We are so proud of this team!

Casey is now SHR

Skylark Star's Case In Point FMX WC (AKC Major Ptd).

2-2008 I can't believe I forgot to report that Casey earned her WC at the Backyard Classic! I got to see her do it even and was so

proud of

how well Debbie and Casey did. Casey also got an honorable mention in the Steady Challenge competition. She also has 3

legs on her UKC

Started Hunting Retriever title and needless to say, is enjoying the field work! Casey is also an awesome flyball dog.

She is Skylark Star's Case

In Point FMX WC, owned and trained by Debbie Russell. Great teamwork Debbie and Casey!

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0-2008 Quite a few things to report....Vixen (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RA WC VC CGC) and Ryan McMaines earned

their first

Junior Hunter pass with nice scores from the judges. Great teamwork Vixen and Ryan! Sister Ecco earned her UKC SHR

title and her first JH

pass as well. Ecco has so many titles it's hard to remember them all! Owner Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco make

a wonderful team to watch!

Curry (Int'l CH Skylark's Mercury Rising CDX JH WCI FMX VC CGC) and Dan Rode earned her WCI

title.

Very nice Dan and Curry! Curry's

daughter Snap (Water's Edge Snap To It WC) and Chive's daughter Ice (Water's Edge

Diamond

Mine WC) earned W

Cs as well. A great

weekend for Dan and his girls!

8-3-2008 A couple of Rally results from the weekend. Vixen (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RA WC VC CGC) finished her

RA title with a

2nd place in her class, and housemate Jet (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Breaking'Mach One RN CGC) earned a Rally

Advanced leg with a first place

and his first time off leash! Vixen is handled by Sandie McMaines and Jet is handled by Jeff

McMaines. Great job guys! Also my little Kicks pup

was Best of Breed from the puppy class under judge Keke Kahn. Kicks was a

naughty pup in the ring but Ms Kahn liked her anyway. Kicks is

Water's Edge Skylark Frozen Assets.

26-2008 Two new Skylark WC's! Both dogs owned by Jen and Mike Coffey in Colorado, Skylark's Come And Go Molly WC CGC

"Molly" and

Skylark's Dove And Ducks WC CGC "Kit" both passed the Working Certificate test in great style! Congratulations Jen and

Mike and Molly and

Kit!

24-2008 Some exciting news from some talented Tollers...Ecco (UKC CH Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX AXJ OF OAP

IJOJP CGC

TT WC VCX plus more agility titles) got her Versatility Excellent Certificate from the NSDTRC-USA! Great work Maureen

and Ecco! And despite

having very few

opportunities to get qualified this year, both Ecco and Blaze are in the top 25 Agility Tollers

for AKC! Blaze is #20 with only two

trials in Excellent B to get qualifying points from. Blaze is Skylark's Blaze Of Autumn

RN AX AXJ

AF CGC and is owned by Donna Murdoch. Very

nice, Donna and Blaze. And Ecco, Blaze and Chili (Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice

CDX RN AX AXJ OAP OJP WC) all have MACH points now!

13-2008 A very special day for a "family" of Skylark Tollers! Especially special to me, Sam (new CH Skylark's Winning Colors)

finished her

AKC Championship with several majors. She is one dog who just can't stand wrong, and moves like a dream, and is just

so cute! We are very

happy to have finished her out of

the Bred-by class. And we got news of her sister Ribbon earning her

Canadian Junior Hunter title with style!

No surprise she is again breaking land speed records on her way out and back with the bird!

And to top off the family news, the mother of both

Sam and Ribbon, "Teddy" (Skylark's Witchy Woman) gave birth to 6 new full siblings

(sired by CH Reddog's Peerless Parker CD JH WC TDI)!

Pictures

ere

7-12-2008 Jet (UKC/Int'l CH Skylark's Breakin'Mach One RN CGC) earned his first UKC Started Hunting Retriever pass! Well done

Sandie

McMaines and Jet!

15-2008 WOW! I'm still on Cloud 9 from being able to watch this team have such a great win! Chewy (CH Skylark's Spice Drop

Kid) and

owner Vicky Spice-Dalgren were Best of Breed at the supported entry Backyard Classic show in IL, with an entry of over 40

Tollers! And they

went on to earn a Group 4th in the Sporting Group! It is a huge show win for such a nicely presented young dog.

Chewy is not even two years

old yet! Congratulations to Chewy and owners Vicky and Harold, and we expect many more such wins

from this handsome boy!

13-2008 PJ (Skylark's Cause For Applause) passes the BRT (Basic Retrieving and Tolling Test) at the Backyard Classic field tests

and he's

only been swimming three times in his life! He shows TONS of natural ability! His owner Lauri Reiter handled him in the field

an this is her first

try at such a thing as well. We couldn't be more proud of this pair! Great job PJ and Lauri!

4-2008 I'm a bit behind on some news... I'll try to catch up a bit. This weekend at an AKC show,

"Ray", NSDTRC/AKC CH

Vildandens Radon

Af Nischi WC was Best of Breed over an entry of 11 Tollers, including 3 other Specials! We have not had any

shows in the area since January

so it was nice to get some dogs out and see how they looked! At the same show,

"PJ" , Skylark's

Cause For

Applause, earned 6 points toward

his Championship so now he sits at 13 points, with 3 majors. Sister "Sam", Skylark's

Winning

Colors, also picked up another 4 point major so

they both have 13 points! Within the last 3 months or so, "Jet", UKC/Int'l CH

Skylark's

Breakin'Mach One RN CGC has earned his UKC

Championship! Great job Sandie McMaines and Jet! "Casey", Skylarks

Star's Case

In Point FdCH, earned a UKC Started Hunting Retriever

pass! Congrats Debbie Russell and Casey! "Blaze", Skylark's

Blaze Of

Autumn RN AX AXJ AF CGC earned some agility titles with great

placements and also passed her CGC! Wonderful news,

Donna

Murdoch and Blaze! Sister "Chugach" also earned her first flyball titles and is a

real speed demon! Well done, Amanda

Brandt and

Chugach! I'm sure I'm missing some news and I'll catch up as I remember.

4-6-2008 WOW Blitzen is now an AKC Senior Hunter! Officially he is now known as...

Skylark's Repete Adventure SH, NA, NAJ, NF, RN, WC, TNN, GS-N, JS-O, RS-N, owned, trained and handled by Mary deLamerens.

She has

done a wonderful job with this boy in the field, agility and obedience rings. Congratulations Mary and Blitzen! He is a brother

to Ecco who is also

out showing the world what a Toller can do in performance events. The parents to these great working dogs are

Pete and Corrie.

22-2008 Aker earns his Novice Agility title! What a great dog...it's not the biggest accomplishment until you know he has not seen

an A-frame

or teeter for 5 months and only been in the weave poles twice in the last five months. He had two sessions of classes a

year ago, one run

through (minus the A-frame and teeter) the day before the trial, and he goes and finishes his title and makes it look

easy! He is so willing and

athletic, and I just appreciate his great attitude and teamwork. Good boy, Aker!

9-2008 Ecco never stops! She earned her UKC Championship with a Group placement and also qualifying in obedience at the

same show,

earning a Total Dog Award in the process! The next day, she ran in AKC agility and Q'd in all 3 Excellent runs

and got their first double Q (qualifying in both standard and JWW in Excellent B on

the same day).

Her

3rd run was Excellent A

FAST. It was a

very difficult

"Send". Only 4 Excellent 20" dogs qualified. Ecco not only did the

send, but took first place!! Wow, Ecco

and Maureen, you never

cease to amaze! Congratulations on this fine team!

3-9-2008 Nitro earns his UKC Started Hunting Retriever title with 4 straight passes! He was handled by Paul Kartes and is owned by

Michele

Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como, and is a son of Aker from the famous Aker/Madra litter. Great job, Nitro and crew!

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-2008 Nitro passes 2 Junior Hunt tests...nice weekend for him, being a new daddy and getting to fetch birds! I can tell you which

of those

means more to him! But we are very excited to hear how well he is doing, as well as very excited to see how his babies turn

out! Nitro is

NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, son of our Aker and Cricket's daughter Madra. He is owned by Michele

Berndt and Kathy

Koebensky-Como and was handled to these field passes by Paul Kartes of Lakota Retrievers. Good job to all

involved!

3-2-2008 Corrie had her puppies! Two girls and six boys, sired by NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar. Pictures can be

seen

here

16-2008 Ecco goes Best of Breed at the Denver show! She is Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RAE AX AXJ OF OAP OJP TT

WC VC, and

she also finished her Open Fast agility title the same weekend. Well done as always, Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco!

2-10-2008 Nitro earns his US Club Championship with passes toward his UKC Started Hunting Retriever title. He is the son of Aker

and is

NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, from the awesome litter with Can/Int'l CH Skylark Vermilion Madra Zev. Nitro is

also expecting his

first litter here with Corrie! Congratulations Nitro, owners Michele Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como, breeders

Vermilion kennel, and Paul

Kartes who handed him to the field pass!

2-2-2008 Blitzen earns his first Senior Hunter leg! He is officially Skylark's Repete Adventure NA NAJ NF JH WC and is owned by

Mary and Art

deLamerens. He is a son of Pete and Corrie and he loves his field work! Great job Mary and Blitzen!

25-2008 Corrie is pregnant! Pups will be due early March, ready for homes in May just in time for summer!

Sire is a son of our

Aker, from the

very successful litter with Madra (who is Cricket's daughter), CH Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, called Nitro. Corrie has

produced some very

successful offspring, with titles and high success in the show ring, field tests, obedience, agility, rally, and

hunting dogs and wonderful family

pets.

0-2008 Ecco earns another title and a biggie...RAE!! (Rally Advanced Excellent) She is a Pete/Corrie daughter, just three years

old, and

owned and trained by Maureen Baumtrog. Officially her name is Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again "Ecco"

CD RAE AX AXJ NF

OAP OJP CGC TT

NSDTRC-USA WC VC

O-NAC NCC WV-N NJC TG-N

C-BSA C-BTA C-BSLA

2008 A new year and a new addition to our canine family...KICKS! See her page

here

6-08 WOW what a winning weekend at the Land O'Lakes Kennel Club dog show was had by Skylark dogs! It is traditionally a show

with high

Toller entries and this year was no different. Skylark's Cause For Applause, "PJ", owned by Lauri Reiter, started off by

going Winners Dog for

his first major, and sister Sam was Reserve Winners Bitch but Winners Bitch was another Skylark dog, Skylark

Star's Case In Point, "Casey",

owned by Debbie Russell and this was Casey's second major! She has been very consistent lately,

never coming in worse than Reseve when

she has been shown. Casey is a daughter of Nacho and Star. The next day, PJ was again

Winners Dog for his second major. What a nice

weekend for this son of NSDTRC/AKC CH Reddog's Peerless Parker CD JH WC and

Skylark's Witchy Woman. And then sister Sam (Skylark's

Winning Colors) was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners, and this was Sam's

second major as well! With Casey getting Reserve winners to Sam

this time. WOW! And to top off the weekend, our Swedish import

"Ray", NSDTRC/AKC CH Vildandens Radon Af Nischi WC, was BOS over two

other nice male Specials. A great way to start the new

year!

2-07 More reports of performance titles. Blaze, daughter of Aker and Murphy and owned by Donna Murdoch can now add some

new agility

titles to her name, so she is officially Skylark's Blaze of Autumn

RN OA AXJ OF CGC

. She is turning into quite a good

working dog.

Congratulations Donna and Blaze! And Pete's son Chili,

Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NA NAJ OAP NJP WC

has

added some agility titles as

well. Great work Kathy and Chili! Also another Pete son finished his AKC CH, he is CH U-CD Vermilion's

LBM Jeb Stuart CD. Nice job Lori and

Stuart!

5-2007 More titles for Ecco! She is now Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again CD RE AX AXJ NF OAP OJP CGC TT WC VC

O-NAC NCC WV-N

C-BSA C-BTA C-BSLA although I can't say I understand all of those last ones! Her ambitious owner is Maureen

Baumtrog

and Ecco is also getting a few points toward her AKC Championship when she finds spare time to look pretty! Well done,

Maureen and Ecco!

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4-2007 Chewy finished his AKC Championship today! He is now CH Skylarks Spice Drop Kid (sired by Vermilion's Kid Cooper

out of Can

CH Lennoxlove Encore at Skylark) and owned by Vicky Spice-Dalgren and Harold Dalgren. Chewy is just under 13 months

old and finished with

4 majors. CONGRATULATIONS Chewy and Vicky!

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7 Jet and Vixen have been busy at an IABCA show this weekend! Jet completed his International Championship and Vixen

completed

her National Championship, with Jet going Best of Breed at three shows and Vixen was Best of Breed at one show. Jet is

IABCA Int'l CH Skylark's

Breaking'Mach One RN CGC and is owned by Sandie McMaines, and Vixen is IABCA Int'l/Nat'l CH Skylark's

Crimson Encore RN WC CGC and

she is owned by Ryan McMaines and myself, and shown by Sandie McMaines. Congratulations

Sandie and Jet and Vixen!!

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7 Aker got his second Novice Agility leg with a 2nd place in the 20" Standard Nov B class. Best of all he had a wagging tail

and very

fun attitude about the whole thing. He's had very little agility training but he takes it all in stride as he just loves to please!

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0-2007 It's been a while, again, since I've updated. I'm sure I'll have trouble remembering but I'll try. Maureen Baumtrog and

Ecco have

some new titles. Ecco is Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again and she got her OAP and OJP titles as well as her TT

(Temperament Tested) pass from

the American Temperament Test Society. She passed with glowing comments from the judges and

the passing rate for Tollers is not usually

very high (8 have taken the test, 5 failed) as it is not an easy test! Great job Maureen and

Ecco! Ecco is also racking up the RAE rally legs and

it won't be long before she reaches that goal, too! And Ecco's sister Vixen went

to some UKC shows and is now a UKC Champion! Vixen is

UKC/IABCA CH Skylark's Crimson Encore RN WC CGC and she is owned

by Ryan McMaines and myself but shown in conformation by Sandie

McMaines. Nice work, Sandie and Vixen! Even better for Vixen,

it's hunting season and she's been out with Ryan looking for pretty birds! Not a

Skylark dog but sired by our Aker, "Nitro" (CH

Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar) owned by Michele Berndt and Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie

Como finished his AKC

Championship, making him the FOURTH Champion from that litter of five pups! Very nice litter, with the fifth pup having a

WC and in

a hunting home. Nitro also made the cut as a Special in the US Club National Specialty in a huge group of Specials. Another

conformation win goes to Skylark Star's Case In Point, "Casey", owned by Debbie Russell and myself, and Casey got her first major

at the

Wright County KC show. Great to see another Star pup out there doing well. Congrats Debbie and Casey! From the home

front, Sam

(Skylark's Winning Colors) went Best of Breed and got her first major at the Wright County KC show and then Becky's

beagle, Vijam's Triple

Threat "Riley" also went BOB for a major! It was a good day for me at that show! Both Sam and Riley are such

fun to show...they stop in perfect

position and have such great attitudes that we all have fun! And lastly, Aker got his first agility leg

with a first place in the 20" Nov B Standard

class! Aker is a dog who loves to work whatever the job, so agility is new to him b

ut he

seems to enjoy it.

15-2007 Results are in for the parentage of our two-sire litter with Wren and Quincy and Ray. It is allowed by AKC and DNA i

done on each

puppy to determine the sire. Click

HERE

to see the answers.

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Several Skylark dogs had a good weekend at the Bismarck Kennel Club AKC show. Sam (Skylark's Winning Colors) was

Winners

Bitch for 2 points on Saturday, and then in the Bred-By Exhibitor Sporting Group she took a 4th place! Even more exciting,

Jean and Jon

Gravning's boy Quincy (SR NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Skylark's Rowdy Riverdancer CDX WC VC ) got Sporting Group 4th!

Quincy was BOB all

three days. Other Skylark dogs in the ribbons: Skylark's Crimson Encore WC "Vixen" was WB on Friday and her

sister Skylark's Dejavu All Over

Again CD RE OA OAJ NF NAP NJP WC O-NAC NCC WV-N "Ecco" was WB on Sunday. Skylark's

Breaking'Mach One "Jet" was WD and BOW on

Sunday. And in the Rally ring, Ecco earned three RAE legs over the weekend...great

job Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco! Both Vixen and Jet

earned their Rally Novice titles, with Sandie McMaines handling Vixen and Jeff

McMaines handling Jet (who got a 1st place with a score of 100

one of the days)! Well done Sandie and Vixen and Jeff and Jet!

Not a Toller but exciting for me all the same...my daughter lets me show her beagle Riley and she got a Hound Group 3rd from the

classes on

Sunday! Riley is a born show dog and lots of fun, and the judge really liked her in the breed ring but it was still a nice

surprise to place in

Group! Riley is Vijam's Triple Threat.

28-2007 Ray passed the Working Certificate test so he is now a NSDTRC-USA Champion as well! He did a great job, bringing the

nice big

ducks back naturally to hand and this time his tolling was picture-perfect and he did well on the water birds as well. So he is

NSDTRC/AKC CH

Vildandens Radon Af Nischi WC (pending club approval of course) and we couldn't be more proud of him! Thanks

again to Anette Bjorgell for

allowing this boy to come all the way from Sweden to join our family!

Also passing the Working Test was a couple of Pete/Corrie kids...Maureen Baumtrog with Ecco, who is now Skylarks Dejavu All Over

Again CD

RE OA OAJ NF NAP NJP WC CGC O-NAC NCC WV-N (whew, don't know how we'll keep up with this girl!), and Ryan

McMaines with Vixen who is

now Int'l CH Skylark's Crimson Encore WC CGC! Both of these high energy girls did great jobs in the field

and I'm very proud of them and their

owners! Aker (NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Sienna-Red Navigator WC) passed the WCI on land the

first day and on water the second day, but he'll

need to put it all together in one day to get the title. His day will come and until then,

we'll continue to have fun. He loves field work and is such a

willing worker!

7-8-2007 (sorry to be late in reporting) Blaze earned another agility title (AKC Open Jumpers) and is now Skylark's Blaze Of Autumn

RN NA OAJ

NF! She is owned by Donna Murdoch and they sound like quite a great working pair! Congrats on the new title and we'll

look forward to many

new things to come with this pair!

27-2007 Oops! My mistake in reporting Riot's litter...five girls and TWO boys, all are doing well and growing and getting cute and

interactive!

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2-2007 Riot has new puppies! Five girls and one boy sired by Ray! Pictures can be seen

here

30-2007 Wren has new puppies! Four boys and one girl! Wren is a daughter of Aker and Star and we leased her for a litter.

Pictures can be

seen

here

6-24-2007 I got a chance to go to a Flyball Tournament and WOW what fun! I now see why so many people enjoy this sport with

their Tollers

(and all breeds and mixed breeds)! Special to me was I got to watch three Skylark Tollers run, and all are Star's

daughters. Murphy (Skylark's

Fire Cracker FDCH-S) owned by Elizabeth Theesfeld, Casey (Skylarks Star's Case In Point FDCH-S)

owned by Debbie Russel, and Chive

(NSDTRC/AKC CH Skylark's Chive At Water's Edge WC FMCH) owned by Dan Rode. I even got

to get a close view of the activity (Thanks Dan!)

and would love to do flyball if there was enough interest around where I live (and

more hours in the day, of course). But it is great fun and I

would encourage anyone to check it out if it's in your area. You can go to

the website for the North American Flyball Association to see if there is

a team in your area http://www.flyball.org/

Much has happened since my last update, due to computer problems I've been slow to report all the great news. Not in any special

order, here

are some of the latest accomplishments and updates: Skylark's Crimson Encore "Vixen" is now an IABCA International

Champion, as she earned

three V1 ratings at the recent IABCA show she went to. She is owned by Ryan McMaines and myself and

was shown by Sandie McMaines. Her

housemate, "Jet", Skylark's Breaking'Mach One, is now an IABCA Youth CH. He is owned and

shown by Sandie McMaines. Good job Sandie

and Vixen and Jet!

Some Pete and Aker kids have been earning some titles....Pimu is now a WCX! And a Mexican CH when he completes his hip

clearance. He is

Vermilion's Fuego At Zibal CD JH WCX and is owned and trained by Birgit Steinich. What a wonderful pair! Pimu's

brother Chili earned his WC!

He is Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NAP NJP WC and is owned by Kathy Gibson and myself. Great

job Kathy to venture into the field with

Chili! Aker's talented daughter Hannah earned her WCI and AKC JH! Hannah is NSDTRC/AKC

CH Vermilion's Holy Hannah RN JH WCI and she

is handled by Kathy Koebensky-Como and owned by Dan Lind, Kathy Koebensky-

Como and Jamie Como. Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco earned

her first CH points at an AKC show in CO. Ecco is a daughter of Pete

and Corrie and her registered name is Skylarks Dejavu All Over Again CD

RA OA OAJNF NAP NJP CGC O-NAC NCC WV-N (phew!)

and then Ecco got a 4-pt major reserve! Great news Maureen and Ecco! Ecco's

littermate got the 4-pt major! She is Skylark's Ditto

Megan Rose and she is owned by Henry Rhone and myself. Well done Henry and Megan!

Pete and Corrie's son Truman earned his

CGC and TDI. He is Skylark's Summer Song TDI CGC and is owned by Bobbie Sweeney. Great news,

Bobbie and Truman. A son of

Corrie and Cooper (Vermilion's Kid Cooper) is burning up the show rings! Skylarks Spice Drop Kid, "Chewy",

owned by Vicky Spice-

Dalgren and Harold Dalgren, at the tender age of 7 months, earned 13 pts and 3 majors toward his AKC CH in just two

show

weekends! WOW Vicky and Chewy! And Aker's son Nitro, Vermilion's Hue Of Cinnabar, earned a major and a couple of major

reserves

toward his AKC CH. He is just filling out and boy can that boy move! He is owned by Michele Berndt, Kathy Koebensky-

Como and Jamie Como

and is shown by Kathy in the Bred-by class. And our girl Sam got her first AKC pts and some reserves, and

she is Skylark's Winning Colors. Her

brother PJ also got a major reserve. He is Skylark's Cause For Applause and he is owned by

Lauri Reiter but she is nice enough to bring him to

shows for me! Thanks Lauri!

And news on the puppy front, we did a two-sire breeding with Lilly and Aker and Pete, but the boys were bred days apart and all the

pups turned

out to be Aker's. A very nice litter though and we are very happy with them! We did another two-sire litter, this time by AI

so both boys at the

same time, and Wren's pups were born 6-30-2007 so we'll have to wait a bit to see if we were more successful at

getting pups from both males

this time. For this breeding, Wren was bred to our Ray, and NSDTRC/AKC/Can CH Skylark's Rowdy

Riverdancer CDX WC VC CGC "Quincy".

We hope for some nice pups from both boys! And Riot is pregnant, due July 9, and she

was bred to Ray. (AKC CH Vildandens Radon Af Nischi)

29-2007 Lilly's pups are born! Lilly is Skylark Vermilion Wink'N A Smile and she is a daughter of Can CH Jagador's Captain Slocum

Sagewood

and AKC/UKC CH Skylark's Vermilion Pegasus CD, and we leased her for a litter. Lilly had two boys and four girls and the

girls all take after their

mom, flashy! Pictures can be seen

here

4-28-2007 Chili (Vermilion Skylark Fiery Spice CD NAP NJP passes the BRT in southern California! Well done Kathy Gibson and

Chili! Chili

also earned his CD with great scores this spring and this team is one to watch for in the future! Chili is a son of Pete and

Bet. Chili's brother,

Pimu (Vermilion's Fuego At Zibal CD JH WC recently earned his AKC JH title, so also a big congratulations to his

owner Birgit Steinich as Pimu is

always trained and handled by his owner. Pimu and Birgit make quite an impressive team!

-18-2007 Sadly Cricket passed away from cancer. She was over 12 years old and yet it seems just yesterday that she was a fluffy

puppy full of

attitude and sharp teeth! We miss her more than words can convey. She was one-of-a-kind and we were so lucky to

have shared her life with

her. She left us with so many wonderful memories, and also made an impact with her children and

grandchildren, and hopefully they will carry a

little of Cricket's spirit forward into the world. Click

here

for an album of her life.

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1-2007 Another Aker daughter finishes her AKC Championship! That makes five pretty girls to finish in 10 months time! This time

it was

"Hailey", CH Vermilion's Hailey of Doxikota owned by Pam Bethke and the Comos. She is from the successful "H" litter at

Vermilion, out of

Can/Int'l CH Skylark Vermilion Madra Zev and bred by Vermilion Tollers, Kathy Koebensky-Como and Jamie Como.

Three girls (out of five pups)

have finished from this litter and the other two Aker daughters to finish Championships are out of

Skylark's Genuine Risk "Star", who is Madra's

sister. So this combination apparently works! Hailey finished her Championship

handled by friends of the owner, who had surgery that

prevented her keeping up with smooth-moving Hailey in the ring. Judge Ms

Marg

orie

Martorella, who judged bitches at our 06 National,

remarked to the handler that she wished Hailey had been at the National,

and that Hailey was a beautiful mover and they didn't come any

prettier! Nice complements from someone who's had hands on lots of

Tollers!

3-11-2007 OK, now I'm having trouble keeping up with this pair...Maureen Baumtrog and Ecco have added TWO MORE titles to

Ecco's name!

Open Agility and Novice FAST agility! They are really doing well in the performance rings. We are so proud of this

team! Ecco is a daughter of

Pete and Corrie and her name is now Skylark's Dejavu All Over Again CD RN OA NAJ NF NAP NJP NAC

CGC. Whew, that's a long name! Great

news!

3-11-2007 Not Skylark dogs but relatives...Pete's daughter Foxy and Cricket's granddaughter Ginger earned their Companion Do

obedience

titles with placements. This title will make Ginger a Rusty Jones Award winner and NSDTRC-USA Versatility Certificate

holder! Owners are Paula

and Mike Wortman. Great job guys! Official names are SHR Vermilion's Fox Fireopal CD WC "Foxy" and

SHR NSDTRC/AKC CH Vermilion's

High Roller CD WCI, "Ginger".

2007 WOW Skylark's Blaze of Autumn RN NAJ NF is on a roll with her agility! Donna Murdoch and this daughter of Aker and

Murphy went to

the huge Scottsdale AZ show/trial and Blaze earned her NAJ with placements and also her Novice FAST title both from

the B classes.

Congratulations Donna and Blaze! Blaze also earned her first Open Jumpers leg as well, with a 2nd place. We'll hear