Astraios Earth Angel INTRO ex, PRE-BEG ex, NTD, ITD, ATD, ETD, TDCH

Grandaughter to both world famous Meemo & CRUFTS BOB Finn

Our homebred girl Faith
DOB: 3rd November 2014

Hip score – 6 / 6 – DNA Profiled

Faith is a Beginner Obedience dog and has won multiple breed trophies, including Best All-round Longhaired 3 years

Photos of Faith at 2 years old

Morpheus Ruler of Dreams at Astraios
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Waldwiese Carpe Diem at Astraios (IMP AUS)

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Faith waiting for treats as a puppy

Faith is from our long awaited ‘Charmed’ litter, all sold before they were even conceived.  She is a lovely puppy in mind, body and soul who seems to steal hearts wherever she goes. We are excited to have her in our lives and very much looking forward to our future together.

Faith has been a busy be since she arrived in the world and thoroughly enjoys everything she does and is willing to try anything for a treat or a game! She has her Dads cheeky personality and love of people and her Mums quirky ways and ability to relax.

Faith completed her first puppy track (along with her sister Zuri) with the BMHS of GB at the tender age of 15 weeks but due to other commitments we haven’t been able to pursue this further just yet, but hopefully one for the future.

Faith commenced showing at 6mths old and she quickly qualified for CRUFTS, although not shown much as a puppy she was awarded 2 Best Puppy in Breeds and 1 Puppy Group 4 placing. Faith also won a Best in Match at just 16mths old despite rarely attending matches and so attended her first ever Dog of the Year during 2016. My favourite win of hers today has to be CRUFTS 2017 where she was placed 2nd in a lovely, strong BASC Working Gundog / Any variety Pointer, Setter, HPR Open Bitch Class! What better than a show award at CRUFTS specifically for working dogs!

Faith takes part in trick dog work just as her parents and has gained her certificates to Expert level so far, we don’t do much of this at the moment as we’ve been busy with other things but its something we do for fun as and when we can and I hope to achieve her Champion title in due course. Faiths trainability also came in handy when filming in 2019 for a commercial shoot.

In 2016 Faith began a competitive obedience class and at 18mths, after just 15 lessons and 1 previous limit show she placed 1st in the Introductory Class and won into Pre-Beginners! This also entitled her to the obedience title of INTRO ex. She quickly followed that win with another Introductory class win that put her into 2nd place in the Obedience league table. Her 2nd Pre-Beginners class she would have won (on points for work in the ring) if she had not broken her stays, this unfortunately happened at her next Pre-Beginners and so we took a break and in 2017 she returned to win Pre-Beginners and gain her Obedience title of PRE-BEG ex

August 2016 Faith had her first agility lesson and absolutely loved it! We unfortunately had to give up for the time being owing to personal issues of mine but I hope to return to it sometime. Who knows she might follow in her Dads paw steps and end up an agility dog, she certainly has his ‘Joie de vivre’.

Faith passed her Kennel Club Good Citizens Bronze test at Bath Canine Society Championship Show when she was 18mths old. As with our other dogs we have no plans to do the other levels unless the opportunity arises and it fits in with whatever else we are doing.

Faiths field training has begun well and she completed her first Working Test at just 7mths old, as I had placed many years ago with Kodi it was an NFC (not for competition) entry but I was delighted to see that she would have been placed 3rd! In her first test of the 2016 season at 19mths old she was placed 6th in Novice Dog / Novice Handler at the Italian Spinone Club of Great Britain Working Test, it is unlikely that I will have time to compete in any during 2017 sadly but who knows.

I am also proud that at just a year old Faith worked a season as part of the beating team on a local shoot and she had the honour of being invited back every single year since then.

I am loving every moment with this lovely little lady!

Faiths’s achievements to date

    • Halstead Obedience Show – 5th Place Beginners
    • Commerical shoot filming completed
    • Weeks Mantrailing at the Kennel Club with Mantrailing UK
    • Weimaraner Association Open Show -2nd Open Bitch, 2nd Special Working, 2nd Longhaired Dog/Bitch
    • WELKS Championship Show – VHC Open Bitch
    • East Anglian Gundog Society Open Show – 3rd Place Post Graduate
    • Southend and District Canine Society Match Night – Reserve in Open
    • Weimaraner Club of Great Britain Annual Awards – Winner of Gwens Trophy 2017
    • Weimaraner Association Annual Awards – Winner of Herr Lange Cup 2017 – Best All Round Longhaired Weimaraner 2017!
    • Weimaraner Association Annual Awards – Winner of Mabanika Celebrity Obedience Trophy 2017
    • Came 11th at National Obedience Finals 2017 after a run off for 10th
    • Came 12th at Discover Dogs in the KC Special Pre-Beginners Obedience Semi Finals 2017
    • Good Citizens Silver Award Passed
    • Ditton Dog Training Championship Obedience Show 20th August – 1st in Pre-Beginners
    • Ditton Dog Training Open Obedience Show 20th August – 5th in Pre-Beginners
    • Halstead Dog Obedience Club 30th July – 9th in Pre-Beginners
    • Witham & District DTS Open Show 29th July – 1st in Pre-Beginners
    • North West Kent Championship Show 22nd July – 7th in Pre-Beginners
    • Qualified for the KC GC Obedience Semi-Final 2017
    • Qualified for the National Obedience Class Finals 2017
    • Earned her Trick Dog Champion Title –  First Longhaired Weimaraner bitch to do so.
    • St Edwards Dog Training Club Open Obedience Show – 3rd in Beginners
    • St Edwards Dog Training Club Open Obedience Show – 4th in KC Special Pre-Beginners
    • Culverstone Championship Show 14th May – 3rd in Pre-Beginners
    • Culverstone Championship Show 13th May – 4th in Pre-Beginners
    • Weimaraner Association Annual Awards – Winner of Herr Lange Cup 2016 – Best All Round Longhaired Weimaraner 2016!
    • Weimaraner Association Annual Awards – 1st time this has ever been awarded to any Weimaraner (Shorthaired or Longhaired) – Winner of Mabanika Celebrity Obedience Trophy 2016
    • Chesvale Open Obedience Show – 3rd in KCGCSPB Class and COM in Pre-Beginners
    • Weimaraner Association Championship Show 2017 – 3rd in Working Dog/Bitch & 2nd in Gamekeepers Dog/Bitch
    • Weimaraner Club of Great Britain Annual Awards – Winner of Gwens Trophy 2016
    • CRUFTS 2017 – BASC Working Gundog / Any variety Pointer, Setter, HPR Open Bitch Class – 2nd Place!
    • Trick Dog Title – ETD (Expert Trick Dog)
    • North West Kent DTC Limit Obedience Show – 7th Place in Pre-Beginners
    • Throughout the 2016/2015 season Faith has continued to beat for a local shoot. She has once again done well enough to be invited to continue next season.
    • Obedience League – Introductory category, finished in 5th place!
    • Mid Herts Gundog Club Open Show – 1st Graduate and 1st Longhaired Dog or Bitch Class
    • Weimaraner Association Open Show – 2nd Yearling and Reserve Working Class
    • Richmond CHAMPIONSHIP Show – VHC in Yearling Bitch
    • Wire Fox Terrier Companion Show – Reserve in AV Gundog Class
    • Bournemouth CHAMPIONSHIP Show – VHC in Yearling Bitch
    • East of England CHAMPIONSHIP Show – VHC in Yearling Bitch
    • Windsor CHAMPIONSHIP Show – Reserve in Yearling Bitch
    • Italian Spinone Club of Great Britain Working Test – 6th Place in Novice Dog / Novice Handler
    • St Edwards Obedience Show – 1st Place Introductory Class again!
    • Southern Counties CHAMPIONSHIP Show – VHC in Yearling Bitch
    • Bath CHAMPIONSHIP Show – Good Citizens Bronze Award Passed
    • Bath CHAMPIONSHIP Show – 3rd Place Novice Bitch
    • Faiths obedience win at just 18mths old also gives her, her INTRO EX title making her the 1st Weimaraner to hold the title.
    • Culverstone Open Obedience Show (at just her 2nd show) – 1st Place Introductory Class, won out.
    • Southend & District Canine Society (at just 16mths old) – BEST in MATCH
    • Throughout the 2015/2016 season Faith has been beating for a local shoot. She commenced at the age of just 1 year old and did well enough to be invited to continue, very proud of this fact.
    • South of England Gundog Show – VHC Junior class
    • Bracco Italian Club Working Test 2015 – an NFC 3rd in Special Beginners (I was unable to compete for competition officially as I had been placed 3rd in SB with Faiths father Kodi some years ago)
    • Bournemouth CHAMPIONSHIP Show – Reserve Puppy Bitch
    • Romford & District Canine Society Open Show – 3rd Puppy Bitch
    • East of England CHAMPIONSHIP Show – 2nd Minor Puppy Bitch, 3rd Puppy Bitch
    • KC Gundog Working Test held by Italian Spinone Club of Great Britain – was NFC but would have placed 3rd in Special Beginners
    • Whistable and District Canine Society Open Show – 3rd Junior, BEST PUPPY in BREED
    • Clacton and District Canine Society Open Show – 3rd Junior, BEST PUPPY in BREED & PUPPY GROUP 4!
    • Trick Dog Title – ATD (Advanced Trick Dog) – Youngest Longhaired Weimaraner to do so at just 7 months old.
    • Trick Dog Title – ITD (Intermediate Trick Dog) – Youngest Longhaired Weimaraner to do so at just 7 months old.
    • Southern Counties CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW – 3rd place Minor Puppy BitchCRUFTS 2016 Qualified
    • South of England Gundog Club Open Show – 3rd Place Junior Dog/Bitch
    • National Dog Show CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW – Unplaced MPB & PB
    • Weimaraner Association CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW – Reserve Place Minor Puppy Bitch under breed specialist Patsy Hollings (Gunalt)
    • Successfully completed her first working assessment for the field
      • Trick Dog Title – NTD (Novice Trick Dog) – Youngest Longhaired Weimaraner to do so at just 15 weeks old

     

    • Successfully completed the BMHS of GB ‘Puppy Schweisshund’ track at 15 weeks old

The Rundown

    • Took part in Commercial Shoot
    • 1st Longhaired Weimaraner to qualify for the KC GC Obedience Semi-finals
    • 1st Weimaraner Bitch & Longhaired Weimaraner and youngest Weimaraner to date to gain a P-BEG ex title
    • 1st Longhaired Weimaraner Bitch to earn a Kyra Sundance Trick Dog Champion title
    • 1st Longhaired Weimaraner to qualify for the National Obedience Class Finals
    • Winner of WA Herr Lange Cup 2016 & 2017 – for Best All Round Longhaired 2016 & 2017
    • Winner of WA Mabankia Celebrity Obedience Trophy 2016 & 2017
    • Winner of WCGB Gwens Trophy award 2016 & 2017
    • Finished 2016 5th place in the Obedience League in the Introductory category
    • Placed 6th in Novice Dog/Novice handler at Working Test at 19mths.
    • Faiths win at just 18mths old gives her, her first title, INTRO EX and she is also the 1st Weimaraner to hold the title
    • Won out of Introductory Class at her 2nd ever obedience show, at 18mths and after just 15 lessons and then won again the very next show!
    • Winner of Best in Match at just 17mths old, qualifying for Dog of The Year
    • Good Citizen Bronze & Silver award holder
    • Working on local shoot beating at just under a year old & invited back the following year beating, also successfully picked up on this shoot.
    • Earnt an unofficial (as I had competed once before in SB many years ago) 3rd place in her first ever Special Beginners Working Test followed shortly by a 6th in ND/NH
    • CRUFTS qualified and also Placed 2nd in the BASC Working Gundog / Any variety Pointer, Setter, HPR Open Bitch Class at just 2 years old.
    • Winner of open show BPIB’s and a Puppy Group 4
    • Successfully completed Bavarian Mountain Hound Society puppy tracks at just 3.5mths old
    • Youngest longhaired Weimaraner to achieve NTD, ITD,  & ATD trick dog titles under the Kyra Sundance ‘Do More With Your Dog’ scheme
    • One of the 1st puppies born in the first European litter born descending from the world renowned Longhaired Supreme & Dual Champion Waldwiese Y Would You TDX. Litter sired by Morpheus Ruler of Dreams at Astraios (son to SH CH Sharnphilly Awesome JW ShCM, winner of Best of Breed at CRUFTS)