RedMark
Retrievers
Performance Retrievers Bred to Hunt
Tributes
Tributes
CHELSEA (Mioak’s Chelsea MH WCX), introduced us to the “World
of Goldens”. How lucky we were to be blessed with this incredible dog.
We were looking for just a hunting dog and ended up with so much more.
Being not only our first Golden, but also the first dog we self trained to be
competitive in hunt tests. The fact that she became a Master Hunter at a
relatively young age is not a tribute to our training skills but rather a
testament to her intelligence, drive and desire to please.
ASPEN (Mioak’s Aspen Autumn Gold CDX MH WCX OD), our red
bullet, came into our lives shortly after Chelsea got us interested in training
for field work. Diane, main bird thrower up until this time, decided she
needed her own dog so that she could also enjoy the success we were
experiencing.
Aspen became our foundation bitch, as we were eager to perpetuate her
excellent marking ability and great obedience skills. She was also loved by
the many people she met doing therapy work. The successes of Aspens’
offspring resulted in her becoming an AKC Outstanding Dam.
TORY (Redmark’s Torrid Texas Rondeveous MH WCX)
This video of Tory (with the white
face) taken at a vew months
short of his 17th birthday says it
all.
GALEN (RedMark’s Galloping Galen SH) was our first home born
golden puppy resulting from a breeding between our Aspen and FC/AFC
Glenhaven HTRS MN Baronet MH FDHF OS. After achieving her Senior
title, Galen put all her efforts into twice monthly nursing home visits. Her
sweet personality made her the center of attention of many of these visits.
While exhibiting a loving personality, she remained a hard driving hunting
companion with many South Dakota pheasants to her credit. She retired at
the age of 12 and lived a fulllfilling life until nearly 16 years of age.
STORM (RedMark’s Red Storm Rising SH WC) was also an Aspen
puppy whose sire is AFC Caymans Rum Point Red OS FDHF. Storm was
a very dark red golden, much like her mother, an excellent marking dog,
much like the sire, and a wonderful house dog. Storm also accompanied
us on many pheasant and duck hunting trips and had an uncanny ability to
find pheasants in fields recently hunted by others. Storm also retired at 12
years old and continued being a wonderful house companion until almost
15 years old.
RIVER (RedMark’s River Runs Through It SH WCX) is another
Aspen puppy resulting from a breeding to Mioak's Keepin' the Faith **. She
has an inquiring expression, is very dark red, an excellent marker and runs
blinds with some of the straightest lines of all our dogs. River is Rich’s “go-
to-dog” when heading to South Dakota for pheasants or North Dakota for
ducks. Although we don’t campaign her in obedience, she regularly
participates in obedience classes and fun matches where she works
exceptionally well.
LEXI (RedMark’s Sexy Lexi JH, CGCA, TKI) was our pick puppy
from the Storm-Sky litter. Loves to retrieve and is extremely fast. She
has great focus, immediately sitting in the field and looking out for her
gunners.
DICKENS (RedMark’s Best of Times MH, CGC, TKA) Born in
October of 2010, Dickens has been a real joy to train. Show this guy what
to do once and he pretty much has it down pat. He’s a fast learner, loves
the water and is a compulsive retriever. He’s also somewhat of a clown
and keeps us laughing on dull evenings in the house.
