Sophie
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

12/16/18 Sophie wins All Age Flushing
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

12/30/18 the Hunter's Trial at Pinecrest in the All Age left - rt Dakota 2nd place Sophie 3rd.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

1/12/18 Ohio Pheasants Forever State Hunt Challenge Sophie takes 3rd place.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

2/03/19 the Hunter's Trial at Columbia Game Club Sophie places 2nd in Gun Dog.

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

3/16/19 at the Ohio Rifle Pistol Association State Hunt Challenge placed 3rd.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

3/17/17 at the Hunter's Trial South Cuyahoga in All Age Sophie placed 3rd

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

3/24/19 at the Hunter's Trial Columbia Game Club Sophie helped bring in ribbons with a 3rd in All Age.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
South Central Iowa September 18 & 19, 2019 Sophie competed in her first ever National Upland Challenge Series "NUCS" competition. On Sunday Sophie had a very good day going after chukars as she won the Singles Flushing event and in the Doubles Flushing Sophie & Oreo were the winning team.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

It takes a lot of points with two wins and Sophie has her 3rd Championship title the UFTA.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

At 9 weeks old October 2015 Sophie is enjoying retrieving a bumper to hand.

Video of Sophie retrieving

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

A few months old Sophie with a pheasant.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Retrieve after retrieve Sophie has those quail deep in her mouth but she was and is soft mouth with birds. This quail hunt was at 6 months old and after the day's hunt when posing Sophie still likes to hold a bird in her mouth. Sophie has very strong hunt prey drive and is turning out to be an excellent upland bird dog.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Retrieve after retrieve Sophie has those quail deep in her mouth but she was and is soft mouth with birds. This quail hunt was at 6 months old and after the day's hunt when posing Sophie still likes to hold a bird in her mouth. Sophie has very strong hunt prey drive and is turning out to be an excellent upland bird dog.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

At 6 months old Sophie use her nose and the wind quickly finding pheasants.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

May 2016 Sophie is 7 months and pauses for the camera.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Sophie gets a mouth full of each pheasant retrieve after retrieve, continues to be soft mouth and retrieves to hand.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie's first year out west hunting was in Western South Dakota on the Cheyenne Sioux Indian Reservation. Sophie has a burning hunt prey drive that allows her to hunt hour after hour day after day relentlessly pursuing pheasants, sharp tail grouse and even partridge. Sophie is excellent at finding downed birds and an excellent retriever.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
12/26/2016 Sophie out again on pheasants, Sophie has became quiet the gun dog for upland birds.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Sophie at Ohio Pheasants Forever State Hunt Challenge Jan 2017, she had an excellent performance.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Sophie after a quail hunt March 2016 her ability to find flush and retrieve any upland bird is phenomenal.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

The weather was inhospitable this day as Sophie was introduced to Chukars, she didn't miss a beat and absolutely loves to retrieve upland birds.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

June 2016 Sophie cooling off after competing in a Bird Dog Circuit Hunt Challenge on a summer day.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Another hot day hunting October 2017 Sophie cooling off she did excellent finding pheasants and retrieving downed birds to hand.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Sophie was truly dialed in on quail, she beat out top dogs, some multiple champions and National champions and won both events.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Sophie is intense when retrieving a youth shot a South Dakota jackrabbit that was almost as long as Sophie. Sophie ran to get it didn't hesitate at this new game animal that was nearly her size she immediately grabbed it, and ran it making a retrieve to hand.

Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
In Western South Dakota hunting the Sioux Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Sophie has intensity throughout the hunt finding, flushing and retrieving pheasants.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie very focused on the birds as she retrieves a pheasant and even when I'm holding one. One day it was particularly cold and windy and we have a view of the Missouri river, we hunt west of the river.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie's hunt prey drive, her nose, ability to use the wind and work with the hunters is second to none at putting game birds in the bag. Above are several pictures of Sophie finding shot pheasants and retrieving them to hand.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
Sophie was on several hunts over the course of the 2017 youth pheasant she loves to hunt and loves attention.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
The above pictures are Sophie hunting up quail on a private dog training grounds early in the mornings over every month during the summer of 2018. Training during warmer part of the summer days included water retrieves. Sophie in South Dakota November 2018 on another successful pheasants hunt. Sophie has great hunt prey drive and desire to retrieve to hand she is an all around excellent upland bird dog.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Thanksgiving 2018 Sophie retrieving to hand one of the many pheasants that were bagged that day.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Christmas day 2018 Sophie loves to retrieve brings it right to hand every time.

  
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

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July 2019 early morning before the summer heat Sophie out at one of our private dog training grounds pictured left retrieving to hand a quail picture right after the retrieve. During the summer our Springers get a variety of training, water retrieves any time of day, land retrieves usually mornings, we have three private dog training grounds and the intensity to hunt and scent recognition if built up over the summer live bird training.
Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

 Sophie Springer
Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels
September 2019 Sophie waiting at the blind to compete in a United Field Trailers Association hunt competition at Cedar Creek Kentucky, it was a very hot day to hunt for quail. October 20, 2019 thru the 24th we took our first ever trip at hunting woodcock, AKA timber doodles and ruffed grouse in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Sophie quickly dialed in on woodcock and the ruffed grouse. We had an excellent time every day shooting timber doodles and or ruffed grouse Sophie found all her shot birds and retrieved them to hand.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

Late March 2020 Sophie waiting to enter the field to pheasant hunt, did a nice job finding, flushing and especially retrieving to hand.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

June 2020 Sophie on live bird training session, she searches well, flushes the chukars and loves to retrieve to hand.

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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

After a morning run in July Sophie takes a swim to cool off and a little more exercise.
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Sophie - AKC English Springer Spaniels

December 3rd 2022 Sophie guiding for a pheasant hunt at Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club taking a quick break for some attention she is doing such a nice job finding Flushing pheasants and retrieving shotbirds to hand.