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Wildairs Enchantress, CDX "Trudy",whelped May 17, 1979, out of Ch. Glenhi's Gunner and Ch. Belyn's Caprice, bred by Carolyn Bolch, was definitely my husband, Ken's, dog, never liked to show, and so was worked in obedience instead. Very willing to please, she earned her CD in three straight trials, in Novice B, (we were showing Rufus in Novice A at the same time, and sometimes I had to show both) with scores never below 189, and her CDX (all scores obtained by Ken) in five trials with scores in the high 180s. A real crowd pleaser, she made the return over the high jump with the dumbbell and the broad jump look like so much work and effort, she always received resounding bouts of applause when she completed each successfully. She also was a member of the Dog Obedience Club of Las Cruces Dog Drill Team (see left) "Trudy" was the dam of our first Champion, Am/Mex Ch. Wildair's Doppleganger Belyn, and also produced Mex. Ch. Wildair's My Queen Guenever ("Yummy") out of Ch. BevLees Arthur C. Doyle, but, who, unfortunately, only obtained 4 American points before she was badly frightened at a show and would never show again. "Trudy" was also our only hunting basset, being exceptionally good on both Dove and Quail, flushing, working each covey and retrieving, even from water. She even showed up some German Shorthaired Pointers at one of their Fun Days when she was invited to work some of the remaining birds in the spring traps. Making a beeline for the trap and the bird, instead of the standard Pointer casting back and forth method, brought our pride and joy new respect from the Bird Dog People. But was she ever mad when Ken "missed" the bird, giving him one of the dirtiest looks known to dogdom! We lost "Trudy" at the age of 10 to lymphosarcoma.
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