Gracie with 1000 pink tulips for Maine Breast Cancer, photo by Brian Peterson.

Gracie at 18 months

Gracie
  AKC Reg. Name Can CH Goldiva's Play N Hard To Get, 10 AKC points (3 Pt Major)
  AKC Reg. # SR31868301
  Birthdate October 28, 2005
  OFA Hips Good
  OFA Cardio clear
  CERF Eyes clear
  Elbows Normal
 
  Pedigree k9data.com

Owner: Mary Dickinson Wood. Boarding Family: Maggie Blakeman, Yarmouth, Maine

Parents: Am CH GFA's Gabe's Hope for Collette "Gabe" x Can CH Church's Legacy Autumn Breeze "Sophie."

Gracie is a doe-eyed, gentle, goofy girl. She has the same sweet disposition as her mother, Sophie. Gracie absolutely loves her orange squishy ball that makes all kinds of wet salvia slurps as she gums the ball. Of course it's a tag and run game since every dog wants THAT ball. I think I need a dozen of them! I've had it for years and I'm amazed that it hasn't been lost like the 50 tennis balls that have disappeared...

Grace loves to snuggle and any affection makes her melt. She has very dreamy eyes with jet black pigment. She's an excellent retriever and loves any game including drop the ball on the other side of the picket fence and chew the picket in half to get the ball! She loves chewy electrical cords, power tool cords, sump pump cord, extension cords, all unplugged. The dogs keep training me on what to put away...or else!

August 2008 Gracie will be heading back to the AKC Conformation shows with our handlers Pam & Mark Desrosiers for 5 Ballston Spa, NY (2 points), 2 Fitchburg, MA (3 point Major and Reserve Winner) and 4 Springfield, MA's shows. We're anxious to see Gracie in the ring again.

Her show record includes:

8/24/08 1 Point in West Springfield, MA

8/17/08 3 Point Major for Gracie in Fitchburg, MA!! She took Reserve Winner the day before

8/10/08 2 points for Gracie in Ballston Spa, NY handled by Pam Desrosiers

4/26/08 Gracie finishes her Canadian Champion title in Iberville! She got 5 points yesterday, adding up to 10 points needed for a champion title, but only 2 judges in 2 shows. So, Gracie had to go back into the ring for a 3rd judge to qualify her for her Champion title finishing with 13 points in total!! She was again handled by Phyllis Wright, photo to follow soon.

4/27/07 Gracie takes a 5 point Major in Iberville Quebec for her first show in Canada handled by Phyllis Wright!! She got Winners, Best of Winners & Best of Opposite. She only needs 5 more points to finish her Canadian Champion title!

4/15/07 Gracie's 1st AKC point, Rhode Island Dog Club handled by Jeanette Gould

4/6/07 Reserve Winner at Trap Falls Kennel Club, W. Springfield, MA handled by Jeanette Gould

2/9/2007 Gracie just went to her first conformation show this winter in New Jersey at the Big Apple Sporting Society where she took 2nd place and then onto the Long Island Golden Retriever Club's speciality where she took 2nd & 4th place handled by Jeanette Gould..

4/27/07 Gracie steals the show with ALL the points in Iberville Quebec: Winners, Best of Winners, Best of Opposite for 5 points handled by Phyllis Wright.

4/15/07 Gracie's 1st AKC point, Rhode Island Dog Club handled by Jeanette Gould

4/6/07 Reserve Winner at Trap Falls Kennel Club, W. Springfield, MA handled by Jeanette Gould

2/9/2007 2nd place for Gracie at Long Island Golden Retriever Kennel Club handled by Jeanette Gould.