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ABOUT SCOOTER
Scooter's young success continued in 2009 ... as he earned the "Advanced Pointing Retriever" APLA title while being perfectly steady to wing & shot. Although being steady to wing & shot is not required for the "APR" title, Scooter at just 10 months of age received tons of praise as he amazed the spectators and judges alike. Then in an attempt to build on Scooter's early success I made a very hard decision to send Scooter South for the winter so he could continue his progress on water blinds. After all, the winters in Texas are usually warmer than those in the Midwest. So Scooter moved to Texas and entered the training program of Rusty Hagland and Bobbie Purser of Trigger Time Kennels & Web Foot Kennels respectively. By the time Scooter turned 12 months of age he had earned the right to be on Bobbie's trailer which is only filled with dogs that can do AKC Master Hunter work. "It's hard to believe that a 12 month old pup can run mark for mark, blind for blind with AKC MH titled dogs. But Scooter can, and does every day. This combination of Reno's Black Ice and Calumet's Wild Card is the real deal. In fact, I am so impressed I bought a second pup from this pairing in February of 2010" .. Rusty Haglund www.triggertimekennels.com. Scooter under Bobbie's caring hand earns his first AKC Senior Hunt pass at the young age of 15 months. Scooter was only one of 8 dogs of 55 that past this test in Iola, TX and was by far the youngest dog in the entire field. March of 2010 turned out to be a great month for Scooter as he went on and passed 3 AKC SH tests. Scooter went 4 for 4 under Bobbie as he earned his AKC SH title in April of 2010. Less than 5 weeks later Scooter being the youngest dog in a field of 52 dogs in Lavergene, TN passes his first AKC MH Test. Scooter was one of just 15 dogs our of 52 to pass this test. Three weeks later in Virginia, MN Scooter was just 1 of 12 dogs to pass this MH test and as usual he was the youngest dog to pass. Scooters success continued this summer and he earned the coveted AKC Master Hunt title at the young age of 21 months of age. He was just one of two dogs that ran the entire test without a handle. 
In August Scooter moved back to K and L Kennels under the APLA specialist in Mike Latteau. Warming up for the fall APLA Test season Mike & Scooter earn another AKC Master Hunt test pass in Centerville, MO. on 9/6/10. Mike of K&L Kennels takes Scooter to New York and earns his APLA MPR title. Then a couple of weeks later Mike takes Scooter to Kansas and earns Scooter's "GMPR" APLA title. THANK YOU Mike.... what a great effort.  By the time Scooter was 22 months of age he passed 23 hunt tests across the AKC, HRC, & APLA. For the most part Scooter was not just the youngest dog at most of his AKC tests, but continuously was the youngest dog to pass each of his AKC tests. Professional trainers across the country realize that an MH title is much harder to achieve today than it was 5 or 10 years ago. A MH title at any age is noteworthy. A MH title at barley 21 months of age given the 2010 MH standard is quite an accomplishment. Thanks again Bobby Purser and Rusty Haglund for all you have done for Scooter and I. Here is a picture of Scooter and all his ribbons to date at the young age of 22 months. 
GMPR, MPR, APR, CPR, SHR Black Ice's Super Sonic "Scooter" MH, SH, JH
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My daughter Taylor then 5 years of age looks down into the whelping box and says, "Daddy I think we should keep this one pointing to the dark Fox Red one week old pup." In reply, I said to her, "Well why that one honey." "Because we don't have one that color Daddy!"
Scooter passed his first HRC Hunt Test at the young age of just 4 months. That's right! Scooter passed his first 4 Hunt Tests in a row and received his first Hunt Test Title "SHR" at just 5 months of age. Scooter also passed his CP APLA Hunt Test at this same young age before moving on to his AKC Junior Hunt Tests. Scooter passed 4 AKC Junior Hunt Test in as many weekends and yes he earned his AKC JH Test Title before he turned 7 months of age.
