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Outstanding Achievers
" Choir Boy " (Watermarks Choir Boy) follows hand signals on a water blind retrieve.
The versatility of Watermark's Golden bloodline is
notable. Mary's bitch, Watermark's Sunsplash Keepn' Pace
With Meadow OD, a therapy dog and hunting companion
born in 2011, was linebred to MACH11 Fast-Trak's Little
Deuce Coupe MXB4 MJS4 FTC1 MFB2 TQZ T2B4 OS
ADHF. " Pace, " who was bred by Andy and Susan Pilkerton,
was sired by Topbrass Rascher Dasher out of Sunsplash
Zest for Life. " Coupe, " who was bred by Margaret Closson,
was owned by Lois Williams.
The cross was so successful, Mary repeated it. Altogether,
Pace, an Outstanding Dam, produced 12 offspring that held
performance titles. Five were Master Agility Champions,
of which three were ranked among the Top 10 agility dogs
and four competed at the National Agility Invitational.
Her offspring also earned titles in obedience, tracking,
dock diving, and rally.
On the Labrador side, the breeding that produced Emmit,
the 2011 National Field Champion, was out of FC-AFC
Watermark's Mardi Gras, whom Mary got as a pup from
Chris Eskind and finished her Amateur Field Champion
title. " Mardi " had a prominent bitchline, as her dam, FC-AFC
Bayou Bend's Ebonstar Peg, was sired by 2XNAFC-FC-AFC
Ebonstar Lean Mac. Emmit's sire was NAFC-FC-AFC Carbon
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Copy Of Horn Creek, whose grandsire was FC-AFC Wilderness
Harley To Go HOF.
The breeding that produced the 2016 National Amateur
Champion, Legend, was a miracle litter that saved the life
of the dam, Watermark's Mercy Me. Bred and owned by
Mary, " Mercy " went back Troublesome Baily, who was her
maternal granddam.
" Mercy had done well in derby stakes and was the No. 6
derby dog in the country, " Mary says. " I sold her and then
missed her terribly. "
Years later, Mary was able to get Mercy back through
her friend Joyce Williams, who owned " Tank " (NFC-NAFCFC-AFC
Candlewood's Super Tanker).
Mary wanted a litter out of Mercy and knew it would be
her last one. She bred Mercy to a yellow male, FC Colonel
Bowe's Revenge, who was sired by Watermark's foundation
male, FC-AFC HRCH Watermark's The Boss. An outstanding
field trial dog, " Boss " qualified for and competed in four
National Open Championships. Boss was sired by " Harley, "
the paternal great-grandsire of Emmit, whose maternal
grandsire was 2XNAFC-FC River Oaks Rascal HOF. On
Boss' dam's side, his maternal grandsire was the National
Open and National Amateur Champion Tank.
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