CH VICTOR'S OCQUEOC TEDDYBEAR
(Ch. Irish's Royal Knight x Spectacles Kalkaska)
'TED'
November 7, 1986 ~ February 10, 2000
Ted is the only Chesapeake we ever purchased and a very interesting dog to say the least. How that came to be was, his sire Jack, that we owned was killed in a freak of nature accident. This was early in our Kennel years, so we had no offspring from Jack. However, others had bred to him. We got in contact with the people that had his last litter which was in Mt. Morris. They gave us their list of puppy owners. We contacted them all, they were thrilled with their dogs and didn't want to sell. There was one person though that we could never get a hold of that lived not too far away in Swartz Creek.
Then one day about a year later, I was looking in the classified section of our local paper as was my habit. I seen an ad for a male Chesapeake. I called, asked the man where he got the dog. He said he got the dog from someone in Swartz Creek, but the dog came from Mt. Morris. I had him check the AKC papers and sure enough it was the dog we couldn't locate. I told him we would be there as soon as Gary got home from work. Turns out this man only had Ted a short time. Ted was too much to handle since his first owner pretty much neglected Ted and his new owner was intimidated by Ted's habit of smiling. We asked if we could have our vet check him out before we decided to purchase him, we had been told he had no shots beyond what the breeder provided. The man agreed. Poor Ted, he had an eye infection and was full of intestinal worms. Luckily he was free of heartworm. We purchased Ted. We always said Ted probably thought he died and went to doggy heaven when we brought him home.
Ted introduced us to the practice of using bait in the show ring. We never did prior to showing Ted. What a story that is! I would work with Ted on his show stance and moving while Gary was at work. He did great. He quickly learned to self stack and was very attentive and expressive. Well, it was only a few short months after we brought him home that he was entered in his first show - the ACC Supported Entry at the Detroit Kennel Club. One of the largest shows in the country.
Show day came. We arrived at Cobo Hall, Ted was doing great as Gary was warming him up for ring time. Then it happened, the Open Dog class was called into the ring. As soon as Gary and Ted entered the ring, all Ted's training went out the window. He was so happy - he was jumping and barking, having a great time. Gary on the other hand was not having such a great time. It got to the point that Gary didn't even bother to try and present Ted. He just pulled him off the line and tried to keep him from disturbing the other exhibitors. Ted did manage to be awarded 4th in the class. When the judge handed him the ribbon, she told Gary - "It's too bad you couldn't control your dog, he's the best thing I've seen all day." That comment really hit home when the judge didn't find any of the class winners worthy of a major that day, and withheld the points. After that Gary used bait with Ted to keep him focused and he finished his show career taking points at 9 shows (6 Best of Winners), 5 Reserves, and a third. Which reminds me of another story.....Ted and another breeder's dog were the only two entries in their class. Ted and this other dog did not like each other at all. Well, the two of them were so focused on each other and therefore were more than a bit unruly, not aggressive, just badly behaved, the judge awarded them second and third out of a two dog entry.
As a stud, Ted gave us some wonderful offspring -
Ashly - Ch. Irish's Royal Princess Ashly
Truman - Ch. Irish's Ruby J Truman
L.B. - Ch.*Irish's Lord Buckman
Reed - HR U-CDX Am/Can Ch. Irish's Whispering Northwind UD SH CGC Can. CDX
Chestnut - Ch. Irish's Royal Chestnut Lady
.....and many more great hunting dogs too numerous to mention.
'TED'
November 7, 1986 ~ February 10, 2000
Ted is the only Chesapeake we ever purchased and a very interesting dog to say the least. How that came to be was, his sire Jack, that we owned was killed in a freak of nature accident. This was early in our Kennel years, so we had no offspring from Jack. However, others had bred to him. We got in contact with the people that had his last litter which was in Mt. Morris. They gave us their list of puppy owners. We contacted them all, they were thrilled with their dogs and didn't want to sell. There was one person though that we could never get a hold of that lived not too far away in Swartz Creek.
Then one day about a year later, I was looking in the classified section of our local paper as was my habit. I seen an ad for a male Chesapeake. I called, asked the man where he got the dog. He said he got the dog from someone in Swartz Creek, but the dog came from Mt. Morris. I had him check the AKC papers and sure enough it was the dog we couldn't locate. I told him we would be there as soon as Gary got home from work. Turns out this man only had Ted a short time. Ted was too much to handle since his first owner pretty much neglected Ted and his new owner was intimidated by Ted's habit of smiling. We asked if we could have our vet check him out before we decided to purchase him, we had been told he had no shots beyond what the breeder provided. The man agreed. Poor Ted, he had an eye infection and was full of intestinal worms. Luckily he was free of heartworm. We purchased Ted. We always said Ted probably thought he died and went to doggy heaven when we brought him home.
Ted introduced us to the practice of using bait in the show ring. We never did prior to showing Ted. What a story that is! I would work with Ted on his show stance and moving while Gary was at work. He did great. He quickly learned to self stack and was very attentive and expressive. Well, it was only a few short months after we brought him home that he was entered in his first show - the ACC Supported Entry at the Detroit Kennel Club. One of the largest shows in the country.
Show day came. We arrived at Cobo Hall, Ted was doing great as Gary was warming him up for ring time. Then it happened, the Open Dog class was called into the ring. As soon as Gary and Ted entered the ring, all Ted's training went out the window. He was so happy - he was jumping and barking, having a great time. Gary on the other hand was not having such a great time. It got to the point that Gary didn't even bother to try and present Ted. He just pulled him off the line and tried to keep him from disturbing the other exhibitors. Ted did manage to be awarded 4th in the class. When the judge handed him the ribbon, she told Gary - "It's too bad you couldn't control your dog, he's the best thing I've seen all day." That comment really hit home when the judge didn't find any of the class winners worthy of a major that day, and withheld the points. After that Gary used bait with Ted to keep him focused and he finished his show career taking points at 9 shows (6 Best of Winners), 5 Reserves, and a third. Which reminds me of another story.....Ted and another breeder's dog were the only two entries in their class. Ted and this other dog did not like each other at all. Well, the two of them were so focused on each other and therefore were more than a bit unruly, not aggressive, just badly behaved, the judge awarded them second and third out of a two dog entry.
As a stud, Ted gave us some wonderful offspring -
Ashly - Ch. Irish's Royal Princess Ashly
Truman - Ch. Irish's Ruby J Truman
L.B. - Ch.*Irish's Lord Buckman
Reed - HR U-CDX Am/Can Ch. Irish's Whispering Northwind UD SH CGC Can. CDX
Chestnut - Ch. Irish's Royal Chestnut Lady
.....and many more great hunting dogs too numerous to mention.