Trumpet's Gaylans Butterfly CD JH AX AXJ WCX CCA VC CGC (OD)

"Flyer"

Full Pedigree and Clearances

DOB: 25 September 1994    AKC # SN191414/06

OFA:  GR53941F40F   PennHIP: .46/.44   CERF:  GR12354/01-76    SAS Clear    vWD & Thyroid Normal

FLYER is now the granddam at Gaylan's, leading the pack with her usual aplomb and joie de vivre. She is an energetic bitch who has fulfilled all of our expectations in training. She is a hard-driving, birdy retriever who excels in the water. She completed her Junior Hunter by 13 months by passing four of five tests. She followed this shortly by her WC.  We put Flyer's field training on hold for five years but brought her out for the first time at the Garden State GRC WC/WCX where she passed both tests with flying colors. This earned her the WCX title on her first try.

Flyer is also an enthusiastic worker in agility and obedience. In agility, she surpassed all of our expectations while in obedience, she is a flashy and precise heeler, with good attention and focus. Flyer earned her CD in her first three shows with three first placements, including her second CD leg with a 196 1/2 in a snowstorm! Her other scores were a 198 1/2+ and another 196 1/2. These scores earned her what used to be known as a Dog World Award.

Flyer started her agility career in late June 1999. In the next four months she completed her Novice Agility (NA), Novice Agility Jumpers (NAJ), Open Agility (OA), Open Agility Jumpers (OAJ), Agility Excellent (AX), and Agility Excellent Jumpers (AXJ) titles. She placed for all but one leg, most often first or second. In the last few weeks of the season, she also completed three MX legs and earned her first MXJ leg. She ended 1999 nationally ranked among golden retrievers in both Novice classes and both Excellent classes. Unfortunately, a very serious back injury resulting from a freak fall on a practice jump ended Flyer's agility and obedience careers. She retired with 9 MX and four MXJ legs. All of her titles earned her the GRCA's Versatility Certificate.

FLYER's conformation is correct which enabled her to pass the GRCA's Conformation Certificate Assessment (CCA) two weeks shy of her 11th birthday. She is 22 3/4" at the shoulder, weighs 67 pounds, and has light-moderate bone. She is an athletic bitch who maintains exceptional muscle tone, especially in her shoulders and thighs. As she has matured, her coat has gone from light to medium gold. It is short, dense, and water repellent.  She does not carry as much undercoat as I would like but her outer coat is quite correct, shedding dirt, burrs, and water very well.  

FLYER has a nice head with a sweet expression, and a short broad muzzle.  She has correct ears, very dark eyes, scissors bite (with complete dentition), and average pigment. FLYER also has an elegant neck, level topline, and a good forechest with nice depth of chest. Her front assembly is average needing slightly more angle in her upper arm.  She has a strong back with short loin, slightly sloping croup and correct tail set, although she carries her tail a little higher than I prefer.  She has very good rear angulation.  FLYER stands and moves true front and rear, converging toward the center with increased speed, and has nice side movement.

FLYER is a very healthy bitch with no allergies or chronic health problems. At two years of age, her hip x-rays were rated OFA Good but her rating dropped to Fair when we had them redone at 4 years. Her hips' have PennHip distraction indices of .46 (right) and .44 (left), putting her in the 70th percentile for golden retrievers (better than 70% of dogs x-rayed).  In addition to Flyer, five of her littermates have received their OFA clearances, three are "excellent" and two are "good." Flyer was also cleared of elbow dysplasia and heart defects at 24 months. Her annual eye clearances have revealed no genetic or non-genetic eye abnormalities. She has a vWD rating of 110% and normal thyroid evaluation from Michigan State University, although her T4 is slightly low.

You can see Flyer's pedigree briefly below and in greater detail here.

Flyer has had four litters of pups, who are proving themselves in conformation, field, obedience, agility and flyball events. The first two litters qualified Flyer as an Outstanding Dam from the Golden Retriever Club of America. You can see more of them on the Lunar litter, West Point litter, the Flying litter and the Golf litter pages. Since then, more of Flyer's kids have added to her Outstanding Dam points. Her qualifying kids are:

Flyer's Qualifying Kids
Ch Gaylan's West Point Guidon CD NA SH WC VCX CGC (Dog World Award winner)
Can Ch. Gaylan's Born to Fly JH MX MXJ CCA WC VC
Gaylan's Lunar Mission UD MX MXJ JH CCA VCX ASCA CD (multiple HITs, OTCH points)
U-CDX Gaylan's West Point Cadet UDX SH WCX CCA
Gaylan's West Point Whistler UD RN JH WC FMX
Gaylan's Twentyonegun Salute CDX TDX JH AX MXJ OAP OJP WC FDCH
U-CDX Gaylan's Stony Lonesome UD CGC
Gaylan's Reveille at Fernside CDX TDX NAP NJP
Gaylan's Hole in One MX MXJ JH WCX CCA VC

Flyer's Pedigree

CH Suntory Golden Pine RMS CD JH WC

Sire:  CH Golden Pine's Hi-Way to Heaven  OFA Good, CERF, SAS clear, Thyroid & vWD normal

Am-Can CH Pepperhill Gldn Pine Trumpet CDX SH WCX Can CD WCX  (OD) OFA   1 MH leg, Group winner

Am-Can CH Trumpet's Tijac Twister UD JH WC (OS) Can CDX WC OFA

Dam:  Trumpet's Blonde Burlap CDX MH WCX (OD) Can WCI  OFA Good, CERF, SAS Clear Thyroid & vWD normal

Riverbend's Rugamuffin MH** WCX (OD)  OFA