Natural Woman

Field testing Fern's Natural Ability with NAVHDA what so much fun. We wish we were better trainers because we would test her in Utility. These are the results from that test last fall.

Summer Pics from '08

Just some pictures from hiking last summer.

Background Check

Green Mountains Fern is the product of our family Griffons in Vermont. Fern's mom is Mickey Murphy's dog, "Yvette" and her dad is my Mom's Griffon, "Sherman." Mickey is my stepfather and raised me around many, many litters of Griffon puppies. There is nothing like the joy and excitment that surrounds breeding and rearing hunting dogs. The anticipation of having puppies in our home is almost too much to bear!!!! To bad the breeding isn't until December. Until then, we will continue to work with Fern in the field, honing her hunting skills. Next month she will have her first Eastern Montana phesant hunting experience.

Hips Don't Lie

We have some news to report on Fern's progression towards motherhood. Her hip X-ray results came back and we she received a grade of "good". This is important because hip problems are passed on through genetics and can be troublesome in larger dogs.

Fern is also featured in the September magazine of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA), in a story about her, and our, testing experience. We will post a link to the article soon, please look for it!