In
1987, we were looking for an outstanding male to breed toTrieven Dynasty, a full
sister to Hall of Famer FC-AFC-CNFC Jalvay’s Sweet Sharmain. We settled on a
handsome Fld Ch. from Montana who we knew was also a strong pheasant and duck
dog. The demand for the pups was high, and all were sold. One was purchased by
Bruce Snyder of Texas, who ended up coming to work for us as a trainer. Jay
bought this outstanding pup from Bruce at 13 months of age, and Twist became
part of our family. He was a fun dog to have around, easy to train, lots of
desire, and an excellent marking dog. He placed in some Derby stakes, and earned
his MH title before two years. He was 19 mo.s old when his strong natural
pointing instinct surfaced. It was at a MH test, where the land test was an
actual quartering test. Twist quickly found his birds, and pointed them with
style, to the judge’s surprise! He passed the test, (which earned his MH). The
judge was so impressed he wanted to go out with Twist and Val to find the
remaining 12 birds other dogs had missed. Twist found all but a couple, and
pointed them all! After that, Twist was Val’s main companion in pheasant and
quail hunting, along with the outstanding pointing male Lab, O’corygun
(national derby list)
When Twist was about 3, Vince Retacco (Tiger Mt. Kennels) had heard about him, and met Walker’s at a field trial where Twist was competing. Between series, they went out and planted some birds for Twist so Vince could see how he worked. Vince was impressed, and decided to use Twist on his outstanding female, “Jackie”, producing some of the foundation stock for Tiger Mt. kennels. The ranch owner was also impressed (he was an old time Brittany trainer, who didn’t believe a Lab could point) He said he could take that ol black dog and wipe up the pointing dog trials around his area, he couldn’t believe the nose and intensity Twist had! (by the way, Twist placed in that field trial) Twist went on to earn his AFC by winning an 80 dog Open All Age. He needed but 1 point to earn his FC when Walker’s moved to Wyoming, and decided to hang up their field trial whistles for a while.
Twist went on to sire many pointing Labs, including Grand Master Pointers and lots of certified pointing Labs. He is one of the strongest influences of field trial Labs on the pointing Labrador scene and is in a number of pedigrees. Twist consistently sired natural pointing pups, even out of non-pointing bitches. His pups have style, drive, marking ability, great nose, and intense pointing instinct, along with good looks, and trainabililty. Twist passed on at the age of 13 in 2000. He is not entirely gone however, as Trieven Kennels has retained frozen semen for select future breedings. Only the best females will be used, the first litter is now on the ground, born Oct. 19th. The dam is a daughter of NFC Candlewoods Super Tanker x FC-AFC Circuit Madam. This is a repeat of our outstanding pointing male, “Grady”. (see page 7)
TWIST
is the dog to look for in NATURAL pointing Lab pedigrees!