Category: Cockers

FC Warrener’s Cliff Swallow, “Spook”

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DOB:6/25/2003

Sex: Male

Sire:Tahoa

Dam: FC Oak Alley Snowy Egret

Breeder: Vicky L Thomas

Owner: Vicky L Thomas

 

Click here to read a 2012 journal of hunting with Spook and Charm written by Jeff Jansousek and photos by Carole Jansousek

Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
04/26/2008 3rd Place North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
09/21/2008 2nd Place Saskatchewan English Springer Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
09/07/2008 3rd Place Maine Spaniel Field Trial Club Vicky Thomas
05/05/2006 4th Place ECSCA Hosted by the Minnesota Hunting Spaniel Club Vicky Thomas
01/28/2006 1st Place Heart of Texas Spaniel Club Vicky Thomas
01/28/2006 Gun’s Award Heart of Texas Spaniel Club
09/25/2005 2nd Place ECSCA Bozeman, Montana Vicky Thomas
05/07/2005 2nd Place ECSCA Hosted by Minnesota Hunting Spaniel Association Vicky Thomas

FC Warrener’s Great Crested Flycatcher, “Snickett”

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DOB:5/15/2006

Sex: Female

Sire: Warrener’s Roseate Spoonbill

Dam: FC Kirkstall Dabchick

Breeder: David Spaw & Mary Nell Reck Spaw

Owner: Vicky Thomas

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Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
03/14/2014 2nd Place So. California Sporting Spaniel Club, Los Banos, California Paul McGagh
03/13/2014 3rd Place So. California Sporting Spaniel Club, Los Banos, California Paul McGagh
10/26/2013 4th Place Cocker National Championships, North Dakota Paul McGagh
10/27/2011 4th Place Cocker National Championships, Minnesota Paul McGagh
03/13/2011 1st Place So. California Sporting Spaniel Club, Lockwood Valley Paul McGagh
03/13/2010 4th Place So. California Sporting Spaniel Club, Lockwood Valley Paul McGagh
02/12/2009 3rd Place Heart of Texas Field Trials Paul McGagh
02/14/2009 1st Place Heart of Texas Field Trials Paul McGagh
02/15/2009 3rd Place Heart of Texas Field Trials Paul McGagh
10/16/2008 2nd Place ECSCA Cocker National Championships, Boseman, Montana Paul McGagh
09/27/2008 4th Place Heart of Michigan Cocker Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
05/02/2008 Gun’s Award Minnesota Hunting Spaniel Association, Minnesota Paul McGagh

FC Dardnell Diddler, “Sandy”

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DOB:4/12/2003

Sex: Female

Sire: Danderw Druid (UK)

Dam: Larford Celt

Breeder: Denis Porter

Owner: Vicky Thomas * Purchased 2/15/2010

 

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Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
02/27/2011 3rd Place Amateur Waller Sporting Spaniel Association, Waller, Texas Vicky Thomas
10/31/2010 3rd Place Open ECSCA Cocker National Championship, Hanover, Michigan Vicky Thomas
10/31/2010 Gun’s Award Open ECSCA Cocker National Championship, Hanover. Michigan Vicky Thomas
03/12/2010 4th Place Open California Sporting Spaniel Club Vicky Thomas
09/05/2008 Gun’s Award Open Maine Spaniel Field Trial Club Tim Edwards
05/10/2008 3rd Place Open New York Field Trial Time Edwards

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FC Ruby Rubster Warrener, “Ruby”

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DOB:4/30/1993
Sex: Female
Sire: Maesydderwen Griffin
Dam: FC Nancarrow Rosy Mantle
Breeder: Arthur E. Person
Owner: Jack and Daphne Cheatham III

Championed: October 9, 1997 (Water test)
Retired: 2000
Number of Lifetime Points: 17

Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
1998 Certificate of Completion Cocker National Championship (5 Series + Water) 1st National Championship held since 1963
10/09/1997 4th Place Michigan (1st Place was Rocky) Paul McGagh
09/26/1997 3rd Place Colorado (1st Place was Porter) Paul McGagh
09/21/1997 4th Place North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
04/04/1997 3rd Place Ohio Paul McGagh
10/19/1996 4th Place Wisconsin Paul McGagh
09/06/1996 4th Place Maine Paul McGagh
03/29/1996 3rd Place Ohio Paul McGagh
03/08/1996 1st Place Idaho Paul McGagh
09/03/1995 3rd Place Wisconsin Paul McGagh

Ruby was a favorite of everyone who knew her. She was one of three outstanding puppies in Brit’s first litter. The other two were NFC Freckles and FC Rocky. Ruby was the last of the three to finish due to her no frills running style and the fact that she needed difficult retrieves and mistakes by other competitors in order to show her best. Whether handled by Paul at trials or by her owner rough shooting, she was a dream come true and 150% consistent. Her forte was as a shooting dog par excellence. Ruby did, however, have eccentricities.

Jack and Daphne Cheatham from Middleburg, VA, her owners from the time she was 13 months bought her primarily for Jack to shoot over, but also to give her a chance with Paul at trialing. At that time, Paul was living in Virginia and did most of his training at Prospect Hall just over the border in West Virginia. Ruby showed her eccentricities early on when Jack brought a friend, Malcomb Wallop and a young dog Malcomb had gotten from England to Prospect Hall for Paul to look at. Paul put the young dog down with Ruby. After twenty minutes, Ruby repaired to the Cheatham’s car. Later Jack took her out by herself and she found birds, was perfectly steady and flawlessly retrieved. She showed this same eccentricity when Paul would take long walks with the youngsters at heel and send one dog out at a time to work the cover. Ruby would skip her turn and stay at heel. She wanted to be alone with her human friend.

Trialing was not Ruby’s forte. Usually in a trial she would find a bird within thirty yards of the gun and unless the gun shot poorly she made an ordinary retrieve which she performed in a businesslike way, but with no frills. She needed the flashy dogs to make a mistake and needed an exceptionally difficult retrieve in order to show her stuff. These were not frequent occurrences trialing, but when they occurred she made retrieves that were memorable.

In 1995 she was entered her in ten Field trials. She finished all ten trials, but only placed once: a 3rd in Wisconsin. In 1996 however, she had numerous placements and in Idaho was placed first over Lucy, Freckles and Brit. And though the field trial circuit was not her preference, she was totally biddable, totally consistent and finished all the series in each trial she competed in, including the National and brought home many Gunners’ Choice awards.

When Ruby finished trialing and came home to Virginia to be Jack’s shooting dog, Jack worked her alone, except when Zoe cam home between trials. Ruby tolerated Zoe, but would rather not have had her along. To express herself, Ruby developed a new heeling eccentricity. While Jack handled Zoe, Ruby would lie back and if she picked up a scent, she’d sneak over and flush the bird and then look smugly when Jack turned in surprise on the flush. It was Ruby’s way of saying, “See, you should have had me up front!”

She was not limited to upland birds. One year in Virginia, a friend of Jack’s called and asked him to come to a farm pond for some goose/duck shooting. Jack accepted and the friend who had labs asked if Jack could bring a dog as his two bitchs were laid up. This was a day for ruby. The other guns, all lab people, were astonished to see a little red cocker spaniel. Jack made one request, shoot birds over the water and be sure they were dead before the retrieve. Everyone agreed to the request, but there was some skepticism on some of their faces. Amazingly, eight geese and one pintail were retrieved from the pond by Ruby in the course of the morning. The last goose was not dead when she reached him and he reared up to strike her, but ruby grabbed him by the neck and swam to Jack. The goose expired en route. The skeptics were won over and the “little liver dog” received a lot of “atta girls” at the end of the morning!

On her last dove shoot in 2005 she was in a small field with three unruly labs. She and Jack were behind three round bales and Jack’s birds were falling in places where Ruby could retrieve unmolested by the labs. At the end of the day there were a lot of dead birds that the labs had not found. Jack stayed with a friend who hadn’t gotten his limit and Ruby not only retrieved the remainder of the friend’s birds, but after doing so picked up eight or nine birds the labs had left. She was a happy girl at the end of the day and enjoyed her privacy to the fullest extent.

There are many more Ruby stories, but they simply further emphasize her brilliance as an amateur’s gun dog and a loving friend in the field, in the house, or whenever she met new friends.

To be sure there were more stylish dogs during Ruby’s years of competition, and yes she was soft, but there never was a better shooting dog and no dog handled easier for her owner, found any more birds, or marked and retrieved better than she did. She was a joy to know and a joy to own. All shooting people should be so fortunate. Three hurrahs for soft, eccentric, easy to handle shooting dogs like FC Warrener’s Ruby Rubster!

FC Winridge’s Thunder Storm, “Pete”

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DOB:8/13/2010

Sex: Male

Sire: FC/CNFC Warrener’s California Quail

Dam: FC Warrener’s Green Kingfisher, MH

Breeder: Dennis Joannides

Owner: Vicky L. Thomas (Sold 1/30/2014 to Harold P. Wilmerding)

 

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Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
10/26/2013 CM ECSCA Cocker National Championship, North Dakota Paul McGagh
09/16/2011 3rd Place North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
09/15/2011 2nd Place North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club Paul McGagh
09/04/2011 2nd Place Cascade English Cocker Fanciers, Fort Lewis, Washington Paul McGagh
05/04/2012 Gun’s Award Wisconsin Paul McGagh
05/18/2012 2nd Place Montana Paul McGagh
05/18/2012 Gun’s Award Montana Paul McGagh
05/19/2012 4th Place Montana Paul McGagh
05/20/2012 1st Place Montana Paul McGagh
06/08/2012 2nd Place Devils Creek Flushing Dog Club, Winnipeg, Canada Paul McGagh
10/13/2012 The 2012 North American High Point Cocker
03/14/2013 2nd Place So California Sporting Spaniel Club, China Island Paul McGagh
03/15/2013 4th Place So California Sporting Spaniel Club, China Isand Paul McGagh
04/14/2013 2nd Place Nebraska Paul McGagh
04/26/2013 1st Place North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club Paul McGagh

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Below is a photo of Pete Hall who spent years with Paul when he was a youngster in England. He is the inspiration of the name for Pete.

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FC Windwhistle Padraig, “Paddy”

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DOB:3/29/2002 died July 2015

Sex: Male

Sire:Windwhistle Merlin

Dam: FC Kenyee Donna of Windmillwood

Breeder: Harold Bixby

Owner: Mike Delaney

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Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
09/26/2009 Gun’s Award Saskatchewan, Canada Delaney
10/20/2007 4th Place Chatham, New York Delaney
05/20/2007 1st Place Glencoe Minnesota Delaney
03/20/2006 2nd Place Open Colorado Open Stake Delaney
10/22/2005 3rd Place ECSCA National Cocker Championship, Bismark, North Dakota Delaney
10/09/2005 Gun’s Award Fox Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club Delaney
10/02/2004 3rd Place Fox Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club Delaney
Puppy Placements:
03/28/2004 2nd Place Telamah, Nebraska Delaney
03/27/2004 2nd Place Telamah, Nebraska Delaney
03/26/2004 1st Place Telamah, Nebraska Delaney
03/19/2004 1st Place Euclid Field Trial Association Delaney
03/18/2004 1st Place Euclid Field Trial Association Delaney
10/11/2003 1st Place Great Lakes, Hillsdale, Michigan Delaney
10/04/2003 3rd Place Fox Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club Delaney
10/03/2003 4th Place Fox Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club Delaney
09/28/2003 3rd Place Heart of Michigan, Highland, Michigan Delaney
09/14/2003 3rd Place Western New York English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association Delaney

FC Crookhill Nugget, “Nugget”

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DOB:10/23/1997

Sex: Female

Sire: Anahoe Flute

Dam: Rueberry Black Coffee

Breeder: C. J. Oakley

Owner: A.R. and Ollie Ginn, Jr.

Died in 2008

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Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
09/21/2000 1st Place Open English Springer Spaniel Association of Western New York Paul McGagh
05/07/2000 4th Place Open Western Washington English Springer Spaniel Club, Washington Paul McGagh
05/07/2000 Gun’s Award Open Western Washington English Springer Spaniel Club, Washington Paul McGagh
05/06/2000 1st Place Open Western Washington English Springer Spaniel Club , Washington Paul McGagh

FC Fallen Wings Whitney Morgan, “Morgan”

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DOB:5/04/2000

Sex: Female

Sire: EFC/FC Omachie Tarf

Dam: Bishwell Ddu Pys

Breeder: Michael and Rumi Schroeder

Owner: Debra Strohl

Senior Hunt Test completed June 11, 2006

Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
10/04/2009 2nd Place Amateur Fox Valley Debra Strohl
09/27/2009 4th Place Open Heart of Michigan Debra Strohl
10/07/2007 3rd Place Open New York Debra Strohl
10/06/2007 3rd Place Open New York Debra Strohl
10/03/2007 3rd Place Open New York Debra Strohl
03/17/2007 2nd Place Open Platte River Nebraska Debra Strohl
05/06/2006 4th Place Open ECSCA Minnesota Hunting Spaniel Association Debra Strohl
04/30/2006 2nd Place Open Spaniel Association of Western New York Debra Strohl
03/10/2006 2nd Place Open Open Stake Platte River, Nebraska Cocker Debra Strohl
10/08/2005 4th Place Open ECSCA Reedsville, Wisconsin Debra Strohl
10/03/2003 2nd Place Open ECSCA Field Trial, Fox Valley, Wisconsin Paul McGagh
05/04/2003 2nd Place Open St. Croix Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club, Shafer, Minnesota Paul McGagh
05/18/2003 4th Place Open English Springer Spaniel Assoc. of Western New York, Basom, New York Debra Strohl
02/01/2003 2nd Place Open Tejas Sporting Spaniel Club, Texas Dominique Savoie
10/25/2002-10/27/2002 CM Open ECSCA National Cocker Championship, Milo, Maine Dominique Savoie
10/06/2002 1st Place Open Fox Valley English Cocker Spaniel Club, Wisconsin Dominique Savoie

NFC FC Diana Floss of Wildmillwood, “Millie”

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DOB:02/02/1997

Sex: Female

Sire: EFC Regulosknowe Gold of Maesydderwen

Dam: Rowston Sara

Breeder: D.S. Morris

Owner: Martha Calabrese and Harold Bixby

 

Article written by Paul McGagh honoring “Millie”
High Point Dog 2000 and 2001

2nd Place ECSCA National Championship in 2000

3rd Place in ECSCA National Championship in 2003

2nd Place in ECSCA National Championship in 2004

1st Place in ECSCA National Championship in 2005

Placements & Awards

Date Placement Stake Location Handler
2012 (?) Inducted into the Hall of Fame ECSCA National Cocker Championship, North Conway, New Hampshire. (First dog from current era inducted) Paul McGagh
10/22/2005 1st Place Cocker National Championship ECSCA National Cocker Championships, Bismark, North Dakota Paul McGagh
10/22/2005 Gun’s Award Cocker National Championship ECSCA National Cocker Championships, Bismark, North Dakota Paul McGagh
10/31/2004 2nd Place Cocker National Championship ECSCA National Cocker Championship, New York Paul McGagh
11/01/2002 3rd Place Cocker National Championship ECSCA National Cocker Championships, Nebraska Harold Bixby
09/14/2002 1st Place Open Western New York English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Assoc. Darien, New York Paul McGagh
09/10/2002 2nd Place Open Cocker Spaniel Field Trial Club of America, Verbank, New York Paul McGagh
09/08/2002 3rd Place Open English Springer Spaniel Assoc. of Western New York, Darien, New York Paul McGagh
05/11/2002 2nd Place Open Western New York Field Trial Paul McGagh
04/27/2002 2nd Place Open North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club, North Dakota Paul McGagh
03/11/2002 3rd Place Open English Cocker Spaniel Club of America, WA Mike Delaney
03/10/2002 4th Place Open English Cocker Spaniel CLub of America, WA Mike Delaney
10/14/2001 4th Place Open Great Lakes Springer Spaniel Training Assoc. Michigan Harold Bixby
09/16/2001 1st Place Open English Springer Spaniel CLub of Western New York Harold Bixby
09/15/2001 4th Place Open English Springer Spaniel Club of Western New York Harold Bixby
09/12/2001 3rd Place Open Cocker Spaniel Club of America, Verbank, New York Harold Bixby
09/11/2001 1st Place Open Cocker Spaniel Club of America, Verbank, New York Harold Bixby
10/29/2000 2nd Place Cocker National Championship English Cocker Spaniel Club of America National Cocker Championship, Hayward, Wisconsin Paul McGagh
10/13/2000 2nd Place Open Cocker Spaniel Field Trial CLub of America, Verbank, New York Paul McGagh
10/08/2000 4th Place Open Fox Valley English Cocker Club, Hilbert, Wisconsin Paul McGagh
09/07/2000 1st Place Open American Spaniel Club, Maine Paul McGagh
04/27/2000 3rd Place Open English Springer Spaniel Assoc. of Western New York Paul McGagh
04/15/2000 2nd Place Open North Dakota Sporting Spaniel Club, North Dakota Paul McGagh
04/09/2000 1st Place Open Mason-Dixon English Cocker Spaniel Club, PA Paul McGagh
04/08/2000 3rd Place Open Mason-Dixon English Cocker Spaniel Club, PA Paul McGagh